Cymbalaria pallida

Cymbalaria pallida

''Cymbalaria pallida'' is a flowering plant belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.
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Appearance

''Cymbalaria pallida'' is a perennial plant, 5–15 centimetres high, with a short, pubescent and prostrate-ascending stem and opposite, fleshy, kidney-shaped leaves. Calyx is densely hairy, with rounded lobes; corolla is 8–10 millimetres wide, violet-lillac, with white center tinged with yellow and purple and ovate lobes in the lower petals. Spur is cylindrical, 8–10 millimetres long. These plants bloom from June to August.

Distribution

This species in an Italian endemism. It can be found in major mountain areas, mainly in the Apennines of Abruzzo, at an elevation of 1,500–2,500 metres above sea level.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderLamiales
FamilyPlantaginaceae
GenusCymbalaria
SpeciesC. pallida
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