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Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort.

sharp-leaved fluellen (Veronicaceae)

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The flowers of Kickxia elatine have straighter spurs than those of Kickxia spuria.

Burgate (VC25: East Suffolk); 2016-09-02

 sharp-leaved fluellen / Kickxia elatine: The flowers of _Kickxia elatine_ have straighter spurs than those of _Kickxia spuria_.

The leaves of Kickxia elatine have hastate bases, unlike the round-based leaves of Kickxia spuria.

Burgate (VC25: East Suffolk); 2016-09-02

 sharp-leaved fluellen / Kickxia elatine: The leaves of _Kickxia elatine_ have hastate bases, unlike the round-based leaves of _Kickxia spuria_.

The fruit of Kickxia elatine is a rounded capsule.

Beckley (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2019-08-01

 sharp-leaved fluellen / Kickxia elatine: The fruit of _Kickxia elatine_ is a rounded capsule.

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