species
Kickxia elatine
Fluellin · Sharp-leaved fluellen · Sharpleaf cancerwort
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Kickxia elatine belongs to the family Plantaginaceae, also known as Fluellin, Sharp-leaved fluellen or Sharpleaf cancerwort, introduced before 1500 and long since part of the landscape. It grows in full sun or part shade, where the ground is neutral and in well drained conditions.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Acidity
- Neutral
- Moisture
- Well drained
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
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