Common Name: PLANTAIN FAMILY Habit: Annual to shrub, some aquatic. Leaf: basal or cauline, alternate or opposite (whorled), simple, entire to dentate or lobed, venation generally pinnate; stipules 0. Inflorescence: raceme, spike, or flowers axillary in 1--few-flowered clusters; flowers few to many, each subtended by 1 bract. Flower: unisexual or bisexual, radial or bilateral; sepals 4--5, generally fused at base; corolla 4--5-lobed, scarious or not, persistent or not, generally 2-lipped, upper lip generally 2-lobed, lower generally 3-lobed, spur present or not, tube sac-like at base or not; stamens 2 or 4, alternate corolla lobes, epipetalous, staminode 0 or 1--2, anthers opening by 2 slits; ovary superior, [1]2--4-chambered, style 1, stigma lobes 0 or 2. Fruit: generally a capsule, septicidal, loculicidal, circumscissile, or dehiscing by terminal slits or pores. Genera In Family: +- 110 genera, +- 2000 species: worldwide, especially temperate. Note: Veronicaceae sensu Olmstead et al. Recently treated to include Callitrichaceae, Hippuridaceae, and most non-parasitic California genera of Scrophulariaceae (except Buddleja, Diplacus, Erythranthe, Limosella, Lindernia, Mimetanthe, Mimulus, Myoporum, Scrophularia, Verbascum). California Maurandya moved to Holmgrenanthe and Maurandella. Mohavea moved to Antirrhinum. Limnophila ×ludoviciana Thieret an occasional agricultural weed in rice fields. Hebe ×franciscana (Eastw.) Souster, Hebe speciosa (R. Cunn.) Andersen only cultivated. eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax, except as noted Scientific Editor: Robert W. Patterson, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Habit: Annual, perennial herb, glabrous to hairy. Stem: decumbent or vine-like. Leaf: proximal generally opposite, distal alternate, long-petioled; blade round to reniform, entire to palmately lobed; veins palmate. Inflorescence: flowers 1 in leaf axils. Flower: calyx lobes 5, deep, +- unequal; corolla tube with conic or cylindric spur at base, lower lip base swollen, closing mouth. Fruit: spheric; chambers dehiscent by several slits radiating from tip. Seed: many, generally ridged or tubercled. Chromosomes: n=7. Etymology: (Latin: round leaves) eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax & David M. Thompson
Cymbalaria muralis G. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.
NATURALIZED Leaf: 1--3 cm wide, lobes 5--9, moderately shallow, rounded to triangular, often abruptly pointed. Flower: calyx 2--2.5 mm; corolla 9--15 mm, pale lilac to violet, spur 1--3 mm, cylindric, lower lip base +- yellow. Fruit: +- 4 mm, glabrous, pedicel growing away from light. Chromosomes: n=7. Ecology: Rock walls, shady, disturbed areas; Elevation: < 1000 m. Bioregional Distribution: NCo, CCo, SCo; Distribution Outside California: native to Mediterranean. Flowering Time: May--Sep Note: Cultivated as ornamental. Jepson eFlora Author: Margriet Wetherwax & David M. Thompson Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Cymbalaria Next taxon: Digitalis
Botanical illustration including Cymbalaria muralis
Citation for this treatment: Margriet Wetherwax & David M. Thompson 2012, Cymbalaria muralis, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=21640, accessed on April 25, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 25, 2024.
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