WorldFloraDB - Lythrum junceum

Characteristics

Glabrous annual or short-lived perennial; stems usually lax and straggling, to c. 50 cm tall, ± quadrangular, ± pink. Lvs subsessile, 8-37 × 1-9-(10) mm, linear, or linear-oblong (usually on lower part of main stems), entire but with papillate margin; base rounded, or subamplexicaul (wider main stem lvs only); apex subacute or obtuse. Fls solitary in lf axils, tristylous. Pedicels 1-1.7 mm long; bracteoles < pedicels. Calyx 5.5-7 mm long; tube narrow-obconic, tapering gradually to the narrowed base, with reddish spots about 1/2 way; lobes 0.5-1 mm long, triangular; epicalyx segments almost = lobes. Petals 6, 6-8 mm long, deep pink, crumpled; claw short; limb oblong-obovate. Stamens 12, either all ± exserted or some exserted and some included. Style 2-7 mm long, with stigma at varying levels in different plants. Mature capsule and seed not seen.

More

Perennial herb, decumbent to ascending, glabrous. Stems stoloniferous, to 1 m long. Leaves mostly alternate, sometimes some opposite, sessile or subsessile, linear or oblong or elliptic, 0.7–3 cm long, obtuse to acute, the base rounded to slightly auriculate. Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils; pedicel 1–2 mm long. Hypanthium cylindrical-obconical, 4.5–7 mm deep, c. 1.5 mm wide; appendages 5 or 6, triangular, 0.5–1 mm long. Sepals 5 or 6, deltate, 0.5–1 mm long, c. equal to sepals. Petals 5 or 6, spreading, obovate, 4–6 mm long, pink to purple. Stamens 10–12, dimorphic with 5 or 6 exserted by 1–2 mm. Capsule ovoid, shorter than hypanthium.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

barochory

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.35 - 0.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Grows in wet places.

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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days)	15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°)	18 - 21
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