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Linaria cymbalaria is a naturalized invasive plant species in Germany as well as in many other countries. It is mainly found in anthropogenic settings, i. e. on buildings, walls and castle ruins. Its native distribution lies in the wider Mediterranean basin, especially northern Italy, but nowadays the species can be found in North Africa and throughout Europe with outermost occurrences on the British Isles, in southern Sweden and western Hungary. As it has been known as an ornamental and healing plant since the 16th century, the use of the plant has greatly enhanced its ability to spread and to grow wild. In Germany the plant has a dynamic distribution and range with some regions losing occurrence sites and others, previously uninvaded, being colonized. In the city of Detmold we recorded 45 sites with various abiotic conditions. The number of cooccurring species varied widely but most species we found were typical for walls, castle ruins or buildings.