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English: Asarina procumbens growing at ground level at the junction of stone wall and tarmac. Plant in foreground is an outlier - probably a separate plant of a small colony of A. procumbens growing out of wall beside church gatepost, Paxton, Scottish Borders. Stickiness of plant revealed by small, trapped feather.
A. procumbens, the trailing snapdragon, is a protected wildflower native to the Pyrenees, which has nonetheless proved capable of thriving as an attractive weed in some harsh urban environments - as here - and also, notably, in the Australian city of Melbourne.

The wall is south-facing, and in a climate with higher summer temperatures the tarmac, being black, would become extremely hot. Paxton, however (in common with the rest of a very narrow coastal strip abutting the North Sea) generally enjoys quite a cool, mild, maritime climate of a kind not found in certain regions of the U.K. farther to the south e.g. East Anglia.

Several specimens of this plant are said to have been growing at this site for quite some time. Given the proximity of the extensive gardens of nearby Paxton House the species may represent either an escape or a deliberate introduction from that estate (around which the village grew).
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Asarina procumbens growing at ground level at junction of stone wall and tarmac

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