Lysimachia ophelioides Hemsl.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Lysimachia

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 25--40 cm tall. Stems often many, erect, terete, branched above middle, densely puberulous. Leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 10--60 X 4--13 mm, tapering toward auriculate semi-clasping base, abaxially with densely pubescent veins and scattered transparent glands, adaxially glabrous; veins 4 or 5 pairs; veinlets invisible. Lowest pedicels to 8 mm, gradually reduced upward, pubescent. Flowers solitary, axillary, often with flowers aggregated near apex of branches in a corymblike cluster. Calyx lobes lanceolate, 4--5 X ca. 2 mm, apex acuminate-subulate; midvein distinctly raised abaxially. Corolla yellow, 6--7 mm, deeply parted; tube 1--2 mm; lobes elliptic, sparsely transparent glandular. Filaments connate basally into a ring, free parts 2--4 mm; anthers dorsifixed, opening by lateral slits. Ovary glabrous; style ca. 5 mm. Capsule brown, subglobose, ca. 2.5 mm in diam. Fl. Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.4
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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

Lysimachia ophelioides world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:701266-1
WFO ID wfo-0001105543
COL ID 72QR7
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Synonyms

Lysimachia ophelioides