Cymbalaria muralis
Ecology
This perennial herb is well-established on old walls and bridges, pavements, and in other well-drained rocky and stony places, often near habitation. It is also found as large, prostrate patches on shingle beaches. It can root from fragments or from nodes, and its seeds germinate readily in brick and stone mortar. 0-450 m (Garrigill, Cumberland).
Status
Trends
C. muralis was introduced into gardens before 1602, and records from the wild date from 1640 (Herts.). Comparison of the current map with that in the 1962 Atlas suggests that its distribution is now stable.
World Distribution
Native of the mountains of S.C. & S.E. Europe; widely naturalised through much of temperate and southern Europe.
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Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 7
Moisture (Ellenberg): 5
Reaction (Ellenberg): 7
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 6
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.7
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 15
Annual Precipitation (mm): 990
Height (cm): 8
Perennation - primary
Life Form - primary
Woodiness
Clonality - primary
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 2059
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 619
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 14
Atlas Change Index: -0.1
Weighted Changed Factor: 10
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
JNCC Designations
Atlas text references
Atlas (224c)
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1978. Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. Volume 2. 2 vols.
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1964. Weeds & Aliens, edn 2.