Cymbalaria Muralis, Ivy-Leaved Toadflax



Common name:
Ivy-leaved toadflax
Scientific name:
Cymbalaria muralis
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK, except the Scottish Highlands; a naturalised species
Height:
A few cm - a creeping, or trailing plant
Habitat:
Old walls, rocky places
Flowers:
The corolla has a purple tube opening to two paler-coloured lips, the upper divided into two small lobes, angled upwards, the lower into three larger, forwards-projecting lobes. The middle of the lower lip is raised, coloured yellow and white. Flowers are solitary, growing at the leaf nodes
Leaves:
Alternate, hairless, ivy-like, on long stalks, shallowly five-lobed, up to 25 mm across
Season:
April to November
Rarity:
★★★★