Ivy-leaved toadflax is ideally suited to walls
due to its clever way of planting itself in any crack it can find.
The flowers, mauve with a yellow spot, face outwards to the light but once fertilised they turn inwards to the wall, seeking a cavity to plant their seedy selves in.
The leaves are not really like ivy leaves but they do have five or so lobes.
I like this pic of a seven-spot ladybird on the plant.
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