Lysimachia phyllocephala Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Lysimachia

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 10--30 cm tall. Stems erect to ascending-erect, often prostrate at base, simple or branched. Leaves opposite. Lower leaves much smaller. Upper 2 pairs of leaves closely crowded; petiole 4--10(--15) mm; leaf blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5--8 X 0.8--4 cm, pilose or bristly, base broadly cuneate, apex acute. Inflorescences terminal, capitate, 3-to many flowered. Pedicel ascending-erect in fruit, 1--7 mm. Calyx lobes lanceolate, 6--9 mm, apex acuminate. Corolla yellow; tube 3--4.5 mm; lobes obovate-oblong, sparsely transparent glandular, apex acute to rounded. Filaments connate basally into a 3--4 mm high tube, free parts 2.5--5 mm; anthers ovate-lanceolate, dorsifixed, opening by lateral slits, ca. 2 mm. Ovary apex puberulous; style to 8 mm. Capsule subglobose, 3.5--4 mm in diam.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Images

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Distribution

Lysimachia phyllocephala world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:701287-1
WFO ID wfo-0001105667
COL ID 73335
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Synonyms

Lysimachia cephalantha Lysimachia phyllocephala Lysimachia phyllocephala var. phyllocephala

Lower taxons

Lysimachia phyllocephala var. polycephala