Ivy-leaved Toadflax - Cymbalaria muralis

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Description

Trailing, often purplish, tufted, hairless plant with slender stems. Leaves alternate, kidney shaped to almost rounded 5 to 9 lobed and long stalked. Flowers lilac to violet, with a yellowish patch on the lower lip, 9 to 15 mm long, solitary on long stalks at the base of the leaves. Spur 1.5 to 3 mm long.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Shady rocks and walls.

When to see it

May to September.

Life History

Perennial.

UK Status

Fairly frequent throughout most of Britain.

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 131 of the 617 tetrads.

  • Graham Calow
    Croft Church Wall
    09 May 2014
  • Paul Ruddoch
    Rhubarb Island
    25 April 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Croft Pasture
    09 May 2014
  • Graham Calow
    All Saints Chuch, Sapcote
    29 August 2007
  • David Nicholls
    Leicester, Abbey Park
    09 February 2022
  • Barbara Cooper
    Foxton Locks
    22 May 2015

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Ivy-leaved Toadflax
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Plantaginaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
134
First record:
29/08/2007 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
17/04/2024 (Smith, Peter)

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  • Graham Calow
    Wykin
    12 May 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Wykin
    12 May 2015
  • Paul Ruddoch
    Melton Country Park
    25 May 2015
    variety 'Nana Alba'
  • Paul Ruddoch
    Melton Country Park
    25 May 2015
    variety 'Nana Alba'
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby Church
    24 December 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    06 May 2014
  • Barbara Cooper
    Long Clawson
    28 May 2012
    among ivy on stone wall
  • Alan Semper
    Harby, Gas Walk garden wall
    08 May 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Croft Church Wall
    16 April 2014
  • egaten
    Croft Church
    09 February 2022
  • Paul Ruddoch
    Melton Country Park
    25 May 2015
    variety 'Nana Alba'
  • Paul Ruddoch
    Melton Country Park
    25 May 2015
    variety 'Nana Alba'
  • Steve Mathers
    GUC (A6 south to Soar Lane)
    26 April 2017
  • Paul Ruddoch
    Rhubarb Island, Melton Mowbray
    17 May 2016