Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Rocky outcrops

Range

Mediterranean Europe

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

This creeping plant grows in the cracks of stone walls across Mediterranean Europe. Its flower stalks bend toward darkness after pollination to push seeds into deep wall crevices.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Cymbalaria

Species

Cymbalaria muralis