Lysimachia engleri R.Knuth

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 15--180 cm tall or long. Stems single or few, erect to reclined, quadrangular, with short wings on ridges. Leaves opposite, subsessile or petiole to 8 mm; leaf blade elliptic to broadly ovate, 2--10 X 1.2--5 cm, finely papillate, abaxially densely minutely glandular, adaxially glabrous or ± bristly, base subrounded to broadly cuneate, margin obscurely undulate, apex acute; veins 5--7 pairs, raised abaxially. Pedicel 2--3.5 cm. Flowers 1 or 2(--4), in axils of medial and upper leaves. Calyx lobes ovate, ca. 6 X 1.8 mm, apex acuminate to subulate, costate. Corolla yellow, ca. 8 mm, deeply parted; lobes broadly obovate, ca. 7 X 5 mm, apex obtuse. Filaments connate basally into a ca. 0.5 mm high ring, free parts very short; anthers ca. 2.5 mm, basifixed, opening by short slits. Style ca. 4.7 mm. Capsule subglobose, ca. 4 mm in diam., shorter than calyx.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 1.8
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Distribution

Lysimachia engleri world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:701109-1
WFO ID wfo-0001105602
COL ID 6R2PX
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Synonyms

Lysimachia engleri Lysimachia engleri var. engleri

Lower taxons

Lysimachia engleri var. glabra