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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Cymbalaria Hill, Brit. Herb. 113-114 (1756)
Description
Perennial herbs, usually short-lived, with creeping or trailing stems. Lvs alternate above, opposite below, reniform to suborbicular, palmately veined, entire or palmately lobed. Fls solitary in lf axils. Calyx deeply 5-lobed; lobes unequal. Corolla tube cylindric, spurred at base; limb 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed and with a pouch closing the throat or mouth of tube. Stamens 4, included. Capsule ± globose, with loculi similar, opening by 2 lateral pores. Seeds ridged, tuberculate or alveolate, not winged.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Hill, J. 1756-1757: The British Herbal: an history of plants and trees, natives of Britain, cultivated for use, or raised for beauty. Osborne and Shipton, London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
