CYMBALARIAHill. - KENILWORTH-IVY
Scientific Description:
Slender trailing saxatile perennials. Leaves long-petiolate, usually opposite below, alternate above, lamina cordate-orbicular to reniform, subentire to 3−7-lobed, venation palmate. Flowers borne singly in leaf axils, long-pedicelled. Calyx deeply divided into ± unequal lobes. Corolla lilac or white, spurred; androecium and capsule as in Linaria Mill., or capsule apparently indehiscent. Seeds ± numerous, variously alveolate, ridged or winged.
Reference:
Davis PH (1978). Cymbalaria Hill, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 6: 672−673.
Public Description:
Cymbalaria, commonly known as “Kenilworth-ivy”, is native to Türkiye and southern Europe. There are 10 species in the world and 3 species (3 taxa) in Türkiye. They are herbaceous perennial plants with lilac or white flowers.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2018). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbalaria, Accessed date: 06.02.2018.
Anonymous 2 (2018). http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Plantaginaceae/Cymbalaria/, Accessed date: 06.02.2018.
Anonymous 3 (2018). https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/search/?q=CYMBALARIA, Accessed date: 06.02.2018.
Özbek MU (2012). Cymbalaria Hill., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 671.
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