Linaria aeruginea subsp. aeruginea

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Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain family
Flowering time: April-July
Height: 5-20cm
Altitude: 200-2200m
Colour: brown-red, purple, violet, yellow or whitish
Flower: corolla 15-27 mm long, spur 5-11mm, to 35 flowers
Leaves: linear with margins rolled under
Habitat: dry rocky habitats, grasslands, scrub
Distribution: southern and eastern part the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands
Synonym: Linaria melanantha





Notes: In the Sierra Nevada in southern Spain, there is another subspecies of Linaria aeruginea, namely Linaria aeruginea subsp. nevadensis. This subspecies has yellow flowers, is endemic to this mountain range and can be found at altitudes between 2300 and 3300 m.

Related key words: finca, Alpujarras, Arenales del Trevenque, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor, Sierra de Baza, Sierras Almijara y Tejeda, Sierra del Manar, Sierra de la Mora, Sierra de las Albuñuelas, Sierra de La Sagra, Granada, Sierra de las Nieves, Málaga, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Veronicaceae, Scrophulariaceae

Cymbalaria muralis

English: Ivy-leaved Toadflax - Kenilworth Ivy - Coliseum Ivy - Oxford Ivy
Nederlands: Muurleeuwenbek
Español: Hierba de campanario - Palomilla de muro - Picardia
Français: Cymbalaire des murs - Linaire cymbalaire - Ruine-de-Rome
Deutsch: Zimbelkraut - Zymbelkraut - Mauer-Zimbelkraut

Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain family
Flowering time: May-September
Height: 15-60cm
Altitude: to 2000m
Colour: lilac to violet with a yellowish patch on the flower lip
Flower: 9-15mm long, solitary on long stalks at the base
Leaves: ivy-like, kidney-shaped to almost rounded, 5-9 lobed, long-stalked
Habitat: shady rocks and woods, old walls, generally on calcareous soils
Distribution: native of the Mediterranean region, naturalized over almost the whole of Europe
Synonym: Linaria cymbalaria - Antirrhinum cymbalaria





Notes: The Ivy-leaved Toadflax was introduced in central Europe as an ornamental and medicinal plant in the 16th century. It is pollinated by bees. Before fertilization each flower pushes itself out into the light and sun, standing erect, but when the seeds are mature, it bends downward, buries the capsule in the dark crannies between the stones on which it grows, the seeds being thus dispersed by direct action of the plant itself.

Related key words: Natuurtuin Zoetermeer, Fort Rammekens Ritthem

Veronica hederifolia

English: Ivy-leaved Speedwell - Ivyleaf speedwell
Nederlands: Klimopereprijs
Español: Hierba gallinera
Français: Véronique à feuilles de lierre
Deutsch: Efeu-Ehrenpreis - Efeublättriger Ehrenpreis

Family: Plantaginaceae-Plantain family
Flowering time: March-August (February-May in Spain)
Height: 5-10cm
Altitude: to 1800m
Colour: pale blue, pale lilac
Flower: 2-2,5mm, solitary
Leaves: kidney-shaped, hairy, 3-7 lobes
Habitat: cultivated land, deciduous woods, hedgerows
Distribution: many European countries, probably introduced in much of northern Europe






Notes: Ivy-leaved Speedwell is a low hairy annual herb growing from a taproot and producing stems of 60 centimeters long which are branched at the base. The stems are lined with rounded leaves with blades which are divided shallowly into 3 to 5 lobes and borne on petioles. Solitary pale lilac flowers occur in leaf axils. Veronica hederifolia is often self-pollinated. It germinates in autumn and blooms in early spring. In Europe four subspecies are distinghuished: Veronica hederifolia subsp. hederifolia (Akkerklimopereprijs), Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum (Bosklimopereprijs), Veronica hederifolia subsp. insularis and Veronica hederifolia subsp. triloba. Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum grows more upright, the end lobe of its leaves is longer than wide and the style on the capsule only 0,5mm long (not 07-1mm).

Related key words: Harderbos Biddinghuizen, Sierra de Huétor

Digitalis lutea

English: Yellow Foxglove - Small Yellow Foxglove
Nederlands: Geel vingerhoedskruid
Español: Dedalera amarilla - Digital amarilla - Dedalera de San Jerónimo
Français: Digitale jaune - Digitale à petites fleurs - Petite Digitale
Deutsch: Gelbe Fingerhut

Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain family
Flowering time: June-August
Height: 40-100cm
Altitude: 700-2000m
Colour: pale yellow, brown dots on the inside of the corolla
Habitat: wooded areas, rocky habitats, near streams
Distribution: native to western and central Europe
Synonym: Digitalis lutea subsp. lutea







Notes: Latin epithet ´lutea´ means ´golden´. Toxic like all members of the Digitalis family. The Yellow Foxglove is often grown in gardens, where it readily self-sows; naturalized in Great Britain. Recently naturalized in two limestone quarries in Limburg, a province in the south of the Netherlands. Northern part of the Iberian Peninsula.

Related key words: Rotterdam, Botanische tuin Kralingen, stinzenplant, Stinsenplanze, plantes castrales, Pyreneeën, Pyrenees, Pirineos, Sendero Botánico (Benasque), Peña Oroel (Jaca), La Cazcarra (Laspuña), Ventanillo (Seira), Alps

Digitalis obscura

English: Spanish Rusty Foxglove - Sunset Foxglove - Willow-leaved Foxglove
Nederlands:
Español: Digital negra - Dedalera negra - Crujía - Corregia
Français:
Deutsch: Spanisher Fingerhut

Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain family
Flowering time: May-July
Height: 50-120cm
Altitude: 100-1750m
Colour: orange-yellow to brown
Habitat: rocky habitats
Distribution: mountains of Spain (not in the Picos de Europa)
Notes: endemic of Iberian Peninsula and north Africa
Synonym: Digitalis obscura subsp. obscura






Related key words: finca, Bérchules, Junta de los Ríos, Alpujarras, Nigüelas, Vereda de la Estrella, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, insect, caterpillar

Antirrhinum sempervirens

English: Silver snapdragon
Nederlands:
Español: Boca de dragón siempreverde
Français: Muflier sempervirent
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Family: Plantaginaceae-Plantain family
Flowering time: May-August
Height: 10-30cm
Altitude: 800-2500m
Colour: white tinged with yellow or pink
Habitat: limestone rocks
Distribution: endemic to central Pyrenees, French and Spanish side

Notes: Possibly also to be found in central eastern Spain. Shrubs or isolated specimen.
Synonym: Antirrhinum sempervirens subsp. sempervirens





Related key words: Torla, Senda de los Cazadores, endémica pirenaica, Pirineos, endemische plant uit de Pyreneeën, Scrophulariaceae