Lysimachia pittosporoides C.Y.Wu

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Lysimachia

Characteristics

Plants perennial, glabrous, 50--100 cm tall. Stems erect, woody, quadrangular in upper part, usually much branched. Leaves alternate, crowded toward apex of young shoots, forming many interrupted whorls on stem; petiole 2--4 mm; leaf blade oblanceolate, 20--40 X 4--10 mm, subleathery, abaxially ± minutely glandular, adaxially with minute sunken dots, base attenuate, margin narrowly revolute, apex acute; midvein raised abaxially, impressed adaxially; veinlets obscure. Pedicel 1--2 cm. Flowers solitary, axillary. Calyx lobes ovate, ca. 5 mm, glandular on margin and inside, apex caudate-acuminate. Corolla yellow, 6--7 mm, deeply parted; lobes oblong, 5--6 X 3--4 mm, apex obtuse. Filaments connate basally into a ca. 0.5 mm high ring, fused with corolla, free parts ca. 0.6 mm; anthers ca. 4 mm, basifixed, opening by apical pores. Style ca. 4 mm. Capsule globose, 3--4 mm in diam., shorter than calyx. Fl. Apr-May.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Distribution

Lysimachia pittosporoides world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:895903-1
WFO ID wfo-0001105570
COL ID 6R2QS
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Synonyms

Lysimachia pittosporoides