Cymbal herbs
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The cymbal herbs ( Cymbalaria ) belong to the plantain family (Plantaginaceae). They are closely related to the flax herbs and snapdragons .
description
Cymbal herbs are perennial herbaceous plants with thread-like, long, climbing or hanging stems. The leaves are usually heart-shaped or round. The zygomorphic flowers are spurred. Because of the long flower spur, the flowers are preferred by bumblebees.
species
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There are around ten species that are found mainly in southern Europe and the region of the Middle East:
- Cymbalaria acutiloba ( Boiss. & Heldr. ) Speta : It occurs in Greece, in Crete and in the Aegean Sea.
- Cymbalaria aequitriloba (Viv.) A. Chev. : The homeland is Spain, the Balearic Islands, Italy, Sardinia and Corsica.
- Cymbalaria ebelii (Cufod.) Speta : It occurs in Albania and in the former Yugoslavia.
- Cymbalaria glutinosa Bigazzi & Raffaelli : The home is Italy.
- Cymbalaria hepaticifolia (Poiret) Wettst. : She is endemic to Corsica.
- Cymbalaria longipes (Boiss. & Heldr.) A. Chev. : It occurs in Greece, the Aegean Sea, Crete, Cyprus and Turkey.
- Cymbalaria microcalyx (Boiss.) Compet. : It occurs in Croatia, Albania, Greece, the Aegean Sea, Crete and Turkey.
- Cymbalaria minor ( Cufod. ) Speta : It occurs in Greece.
- Cymbalaria muelleri (Moris) A. Chev. : She is endemic to Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily.
- (Wall) cymbal herb ( Cymbalaria muralis G.Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb. ): The homeland is Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Switzerland, but the species is also found in numerous other countries Naturalized earth.
- Pale cymbal herb ( Cymbalaria pallida (Ten.) Wettst. ): The homeland is Croatia and Italy.
- Hairy cymbal herb ( Cymbalaria pilosa (Jacq.) LH Bailey ): The home is Italy and Sardinia.
use
Actually a wild plant, Cymbalaria species are sometimes used in the garden. In the early 20th century, Cymbalaria muralis was even traded in varieties: “Compacta Alba” (with white flowers, shorter shoots), “Globosa” (significantly shorter shoots, more tolerable for plantings).
literature
- Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora . With the collaboration of Theo Müller. 7th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1994, ISBN 3-8252-1828-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Karol Marhold: Scrophulariaceae. Cymbalaria . In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Berlin 2011.
- ^ Cymbalaria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
- ↑ Ernst Emanuel von Silva-Tarouca (ed.): Our free-range perennials. Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Vienna 1934.