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Kickxia spuria (L.) Dumort.

round-leaved fluellen (Veronicaceae)

 SpreadBias within British IslesDirection of bias
WidespreadVery strong tendencySE
Plant Atlas 2020
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Kickxia spuria is an arable weed found in southern England and parts of the East Midlands and South Wales, usually on calcareous soils; it is usually prostrate, but can also produce upright flowering shoots.

Sherborne (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2020-07-07

 round-leaved fluellen / Kickxia spuria: _Kickxia spuria_ is an arable weed found in southern England and parts of the East Midlands and South Wales, usually on calcareous soils; it is usually prostrate, but can also produce upright flowering shoots.

The flowers of Kickxia spuria have a strongly curved spur; the spurs of Kickxia elatine are much straighter.

Noke (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2016-08-31

 round-leaved fluellen / Kickxia spuria: The flowers of _Kickxia spuria_ have a strongly curved spur; the spurs of _Kickxia elatine_ are much straighter.

The leaves of Kickxia spuria are round at the base, unlike the hastate leaves of Kickxia elatine.

Noke (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2016-08-31

 round-leaved fluellen / Kickxia spuria: The leaves of _Kickxia spuria_ are round at the base, unlike the hastate leaves of _Kickxia elatine_.

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