Kenilworth Ivy

(Cymbalaria muralis)

 

   

 

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Kenilworth Ivy (Cymbalaria muralis P.G. Baertn., B. Mey. and Scherb.)

Alien: Native of Europe.

Identification: A trailing or climbing vine. Flowers pastel violet, with 2 erect upper petal lobes and 3 lower petal lobes. Throat of flower with 2 yellow mounds. Rear of flower with a short spur. Flower stalk (pedicel) elongate and thin. Stem a trailing vine. Leaves round, with heavy teeth along the outer margin. Leaf petiole elongate.

Distribution: Locally found as a garden escape throughout North America.

Habitat: Kenilworth Ivy is a graden escape found along roadsides and on stone walls.

Flowering period: May to October.

Similar Species: Kenilworth Ivy is easily identified by its scroph flowers and its trailing or climbing habit.

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