Lysimachia physaloides C.Y.Wu & C.Chen

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Lysimachia

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, to 60 cm tall. Stems erect, terete, subfleshy, branched in upper part, minutely glandular when young. Lower leaves scalelike. Upper leaves alternate, ± crowded toward apex of stem; petiole 2.5--7.5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade oblong, 10--18 X 3.5--6 cm, membranous when dry, abaxially glabrescent, adaxially ± bristly to glabrate, base cuneate, apex short acuminate; veins 10--13 pairs, prominent. Racemes axillary, 4-or 5-flowered; peduncle ca. 1 cm, quadrangular; bracts narrowly lanceolate, 1--1.3 cm, subulate, adnate to pedicel at base. Pedicel 1--1.5 cm, subangular, apex thickened. Calyx lobes ovate, 9--10 X ca. 3 mm, apex acuminate to subulate; veins 7--9. Corolla pink; tube 2--2.5 mm; lobes oblong, 9.5--10 X 6--7 mm, apex rounded. Filaments connate basally into a ca. 1 mm high ring, free parts very short; anthers ca. 4.5 mm, basifixed, opening by apical pores. Ovary ovoid; style ca. 6 mm. Capsule unknown. Fl. Apr.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Distribution

Lysimachia physaloides world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:701288-1
WFO ID wfo-0001105588
COL ID 6R2R4
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Synonyms

Lysimachia physaloides