1637 Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort.

Syn.: Linaria elatine (L.) Mill.

This species (incl. K. caucasica [Mussin] Kupr.) probably originates from C. and S. Europe and adjacent parts of Africa and Asia. In S. Europe subsp. crinita (Mabille) W. Greut. dominates. The species has been introduced into Ethiopia, N. America, S. Australia and New Zealand. Cf. also Meusel et al. 1978, map p. 390.