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Round-leaved fluellen

Round-leaved fluellen ©Dr Malcolm Storey

Round-leaved fluellen

A 'weed' of cultivated and disturbed ground, Round-leaved fluellen is a trailing plant with round leaves and yellow flowers that appear over summer.

Enw gwyddonol

Kickxia spuria

Pryd i'w gweld

July to October

Gwybodaeth am rywogaethau

Ystadegau

Height: 25cm
Common.

Cynefinoedd

Ynghylch

Round-leaved fluellen is an annual of cultivated or disturbed ground, and is found on light, chalky soils in the south of England.
Growing horizontally along the ground, it has rounded leaves and small, yellow flowers that appear from July to October. It is considered a weed of arable land.

Sut i'w hadnabod

Round-leaved fluellen is a creeping, hairy plant, with rounded leaves on trailing stems. Small, yellow flowers, with a purple upper lip, spring from the axils between the leaves and the stem.

Dosbarthiad

Mainly found in Southern and Eastern England.

Roeddech chi yn gwybod?

The flowers are easier to spot in the stubble once the crops have been harvested.