Cymbalaria pallida explained

Cymbalaria pallida is a purple-flowered plant native only to mountainous parts of Italy. It belongs to the plantain family (Plantaginaceae).^{[1] [2]}

Description

Cymbalaria pallida is a perennial plant, 5- high, with a short, pubescent and prostrate-ascending stem and opposite, fleshy, kidney-shaped leaves. Calyx is densely hairy, with rounded lobes; corolla is 8- wide, violet-lillac, with white center tinged with yellow and purple and ovate lobes in the lower petals. Spur is cylindrical, 8- long. These plants bloom from June to August.^{[3] [4]}

Distribution

This species is endemic to Italy. It can be found in major mountain areas, mainly in the Apennines of Abruzzo, at an elevation of 1500- above sea level.^[4]

Bibliography

• Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III, in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 105–121, 2009, DOI:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x

Notes and References

1. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/details/species/id/16652819 Catalogue of life
2. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=801828-1 The International Plant Names List
3. Giovanni Galetti, Abruzzo in fiore, Edizioni Menabò - Cooperativa Majambiente, 2008
4. http://www.actaplantarum.org/floraitaliae/viewtopic.php?t=7116 Acta Plantarum