Cymbalaria muralis, P. Gaertner

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 237

1. C. muralis P. Gaertner , B. Meyer & Scherb., FI. Wetter. 2: 397 (1800)

( Linaria cymbalaria (L.) Miller ).

Glabrous to villous. Stems up to 60 cm; middle and upper internodes about equal. Leaves up to 55x65 mm, but more usually c. 12x15 mm, alternate, reniform to semicircular, rarely suborbicular, with 5-9 rounded to deltate, often mucronate lobes. Calyx 2-2-5 mm. Corolla 9-15 mm, lilac to violet with yellow palate, rarely white; spur 1-5-3 mm, about as long as calyx. Capsule glabrous, usually exceeding calyx. Seeds c. 1 mm, broadly ellipsoid to globose, black, ornamented with high, acute ridges and usually a few tubercles. Shady rocks and woods; somewhat calcicole. • Native in S. Alps, W. Jugoslavia, C. & S. Italy and Sicilia; cultivated fo r ornament and naturalized on walls (more rarely on stony ground or shingle) throughout most o f S., W. & C. Europe. He It Ju Si [Al Au Az Be BI Br Bu Co Cr Cz Da Ga Ge G r Hb Ho Hs Hu Lu No Po Rm Rs (?B, W,?K) Su]. 1 Plant glabrous at maturity (a) subsp. muralis 1 Plant persistently villous 2 Pedicel at anthesis about equalling subtending petiole; capsule

c. 4 mm (b) subsp. visianii 2 Pedicel at anthesis much longer than subtending petiole;

capsule c. 3 mm (c) subsp. pubescens