Lysimachia paridiformis Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Lysimachia

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 10--45 cm tall. Rootstock with numerous fibrous roots. Stems erect, slightly swollen at nodes, simple, glabrous. Lower leaves scalelike. Upper leaves 4--18 in a terminal whorl, rarely with a second whorl, sessile or subsessile, ovate to elliptic or lanceolate, 5--17 X 1.2--10 cm, papery, glabrous, with or without black glandular stripes, base cuneate, apex short acuminate; veins 4 or 5 pairs. Umbels terminal, sessile, 6-to many flowered, rarely with few flowers in axils of scalelike leaf pair immediately below the terminal whorl. Pedicel 3--15 mm, glabrous. Calyx lobes lanceolate, glabrous or sparsely ciliate, occasionally black glandular striate, apex acuminate. Corolla yellow; tube ca. 3 mm; lobes oblong, 9--11 X 4--4.5 mm, with or without black glandular stripes, apex obtuse to round. Filaments connate basally into a ca. 2 mm high tube, free parts 3--5 mm; anthers elliptic, dorsifixed, opening by lateral slits, ca. 1.5 mm. Ovary glabrous; style ca. 8.5 mm. Capsule unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Hillsides, stream edges, damp and wet places beneath forest trees. Damp areas in forests, mountain valleys and wet ravines at elevations of 500-1400 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-12
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Arthritis (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Enteritis (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Abscess (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Trauma (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Lysimachia paridiformis unspecified picture

Distribution

Lysimachia paridiformis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:701278-1
WFO ID wfo-0001105654
COL ID 6R2R5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lysimachia paridiformis Lysimachia bodinieri Lysimachia paridiformis var. elliptica Lysimachia paridiformis var. paridiformis

Lower taxons

Lysimachia paridiformis var. stenophylla