Cymbalaria muralisP.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. Kenilworth-ivy

Cymbalaria muralisP.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. - Kenilworth-ivy

Scientific Description:

Trailing saxatile perennial, glabrous at maturity. Stems to 60 cm, forming mats and producing adventitious roots from at least some nodes; middle and upper internodes subequal. Leaves reniform to semicircular or rarely suborbicular, usually c. 12 × 15 mm but occasionally considerably larger, shallowly palmate with 5−7(−9) rounded, often shortly mucronate lobes, dull greenish above, violet beneath. Flowers solitary, axillary, long-pedicellate. Calyx 2−2.5 mm. Corolla lilac to violet (rarely white) with yellow palate, 8−15 mm; spur 1.5−3 mm, subequal to calyx. Capsule usually longer than calyx, glabrous. Seeds broadly ellipsoid to globose, c. 1 mm, black, with high acute ridges and a few tubercles.

 

Flowering time: May.

Habitat: Naturalized on walls, nr. s.l.

 

Reference:

Davis PH (1988). Cymbalaria muralis Gaertner, B. Meyer & Scherbius, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 10: 194−195.

Public Description:

Cymbalaria muralis, commonly known as “Kenilworth-ivy”, is native to Mediterranean, Europe and widely naturalised elsewhere. It is a trailing perennial plant with lilac, violet or rarely white flowers. It blooms May and is found on walls. It has evergreen leaves which are rounded or heart-shaped and has very small flowers which are similar in shape to snapdragon.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2018). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbalaria_muralis, Accessed date: 06.02.2018.

Anonymous 2 (2018). https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/search/?q=Cymbalaria+muralis++, 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.