Cymbalaria muralis G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Schreb.

Kenilworth ivy (en), Cymbalaire (fr), Cymbalaire des murs (fr), Ruine de Rome (fr), Linaire cymbalaire (fr), Lierre fleuri (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Cymbalaria

Characteristics

Glabrous herb; stems often purplish. Petioles slender, to 4 cm long. Lamina 1-2.7 × 1-3.5 cm, 5-lobed, often with 2 subsidiary lobes on basal pair, ± reniform, ± purplish on lower surface; base cordate; lobes usually mucronate. Pedicels slender, 1-3 cm long at anthesis. Calyx 2-3 mm long; lobes lanceolate, extending nearly to base. Corolla 10-12 mm long from obtuse apex of spur to rounded apices of lower lobes, pale mauve with yellow or whitish pouch and dark lines on the upper lip. Capsule slightly > calyx. Seeds 0.7-0.9 mm diam., broad-ovoid or subglobose, with prominent sinuate ridges.
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Glabrous annual; stems trailing, rooting at the nodes, 1–4 dm; lvs long-petioled, suborbicular in outline, with 3–7 shallow lobes; fls solitary in the axils on long slender pedicels; cor blue with yellow palate, 7–10 mm, the spur obtuse, 2–3 mm; fr 3–4 mm thick; 2n=14. Native of Eurasia, often escaped from cult. in our range. Summer. (C. cymbalaria; Linaria cymbalaria)
A small herb. Stems form roots as they spread. It grows 5 cm high and spreads 20-50 cm wide. They leaves are rounded to kidney shaped. They are 12 mm long and have 5-9 lobes. The flowers have 5 petals and are purple with a yellow throat. They are 12 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread autochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It often grows in cracks in old buildings. It can grow in sun or shade. They have drought tolerance once established. It is resistant to frost. It suits hardiness zones 3-10. Tasmania Herbarium.
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Walls and other well-drained sites, shady rocks and woods, usually on calcareous soils.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 2-9
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-8

Usage

Uses dye environmental use medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Astringent (unspecified), Detergent (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Ulnerary (unspecified), Scurvy (unspecified), Liver (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Diabetes mellitus (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -40
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Cymbalaria muralis habit picture by pedro cervera (cc-by-sa)
Cymbalaria muralis habit picture by Chlad Martin (cc-by-sa)
Cymbalaria muralis habit picture by Samuël Faure (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Cymbalaria muralis leaf picture by Rita61 Rita61 (cc-by-sa)
Cymbalaria muralis leaf picture by González Barri Xavi (cc-by-sa)
Cymbalaria muralis leaf picture by Karim Ben Mimoun (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Cymbalaria muralis flower picture by papilio2107 (cc-by-sa)
Cymbalaria muralis flower picture by González Barri Xavi (cc-by-sa)
Cymbalaria muralis flower picture by Jörn Boewe (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Cymbalaria muralis fruit picture by Ingeborg Wüstneck (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Cymbalaria muralis world distribution map, present in Brazil, France, New Zealand, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:325773-2
WFO ID wfo-0000632510
COL ID 33698
BDTFX ID 75081
INPN ID 93763
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Linaria hederifolia Linaria hederifolia Tursitis cymbalaria Antirrhinum acutangulum Antirrhinum cimbalaria Cymbalaria flabellifer Cymbalaria gerbaultii Cymbalaria glechomifolia Cymbalaria toutoni Cymbalaria vulgaris Linaria cymbalaria Antirrhinum cymbalaria Antirrhinum cymbalaria Antirrhinum hederaceum Antirrhinum hederifolium Antirrhinum muralis Antirrhinum quinquelobum Cymbalaria globosa Elatine cymbalaria Cymbalaria hederacea Linaria acutangula Cymbalaria cymbalaria Linaria cymbalaria var. heterophylla Linaria cymbalaria var. globosa Linaria cymbalaria var. minor Cymbalaria muralis

Lower taxons

Cymbalaria muralis subsp. visianii