WorldFloraDB - Lysimachia capillipes

Characteristics

Ascending or prostrate herb, branched only at the base, 20-60 cm; stem thin, angular or ridged. Leaves alternate and spirally arranged, membranous, ovate-lanceolate, acute, sometimes a-cuminate, mucronate, 1.5-4 by 0.5-2.5 cm; base unequal, acute, obtuse or truncate, decurrent along the petiole, margin entire or undulate-crenate; midrib and nerves on the upper surface slightly depressed; prominent below, veins hardly visible; no marginal vein. Flowers solitary, axillary, confined to the upper part of the stem. Pedicels 1.5-4.5 cm, obliquely erect during anthesis then drooping. Calyx lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 3-5 mm. Corolla yellow, deeply cleft, 7-10 mm; lobes oblong; broad-triangular at apex. Stamens as long as the corolla, filaments very short, at the base adnate with the corolla tube, also connate with each other in a basal ring. Style-tip as high as the stamens. Capsule 5-valved, shorter than the calyx.

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Herbs perennial, 40--60 cm tall, strongly curry-scented when dry. Stems 2 to many, erect, angular or winged, branched from middle. Leaves alternate; petiole 2--8 mm; leaf blade ovate to lanceolate, 1.5--7 X 1--3 cm, adaxially glabrous or sparsely bristly, base short attenuate to obtuse, rarely subrounded to truncate, often slightly asymmetrical, margin entire or obscurely undulate; veins 4 or 5 pairs; veinlets inconspicuously reticulate. Pedicel 1.5--3.5 cm. Flowers solitary, axillary. Calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate, 2--4 mm, apex acuminate to subulate. Corolla yellow, 6--8 mm, deeply parted; lobes narrowly oblong to linear, 5--7 X 1.8--3 mm, apex subobtuse. Filaments connate basally into a ca. 0.5 mm high ring, fused with corolla, free parts ca. 1.3 mm; anthers 3.5--4 mm, basifixed, opening by apical pores. Style filiform, slightly longer than stamens. Capsule globose, 3--4 mm in diam.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

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Foliage retention

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Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.3 - 0.6

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

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Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

In damp thickets, along streams, 1300-1500 m, in China 1200-2000 m. Fl.fr. Jan.-July.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°)	12 - 18
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:701063-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001105583
COL ID	6R2MW
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lysimachia capillipes Lysimachia fragrans Lysimachia capillipes var. capillipes

WorldFloraDB 2024

Lysimachia capillipes Hemsl.

Species