Scrophulariaceae FAMILY

Kickxia elatine

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Kickxia elatine is an annual plant that can grow up to 0.50 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope, including Britain, south and east to the Mediterranean and Macaronesia.

HabitatArable land, usually cornfields in light soils[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].