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Kickxia webbiana

Kickxia webbiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Kickxia
Species: K. webbiana
Binomial name
Kickxia webbiana
Sunding

Kickxia webbiana is a species of flowers that belong to the Kickxia genus. It is classified as IUCN III. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. The plant was named by Per Øgle Sunding in 1974.

Its local name is called agrião de rocha, its English name is the Cape Verde or the Cape Verdean cancerwort or fluellin.

Kickxia webbiana are founded in the islands of Santo Antão and São Vicente in the north of the archipelago (Barlavento Islands), one of them are founded in the area of Monte Verde on the latter island.


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