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Lysimachia japonica

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Lysimachia japonica Thunb. [family PRIMULACEAE]
Filed as Lysimachia japonica Thunb. [family PRIMULACEAE]
Type of Lysimachia suborbicularis F.W.Went [family PRIMULACEAE]
Lysimachia japonica Thunb. [family PRIMULACEAE]
Type of Lysimachia japonica Thunb. [family PRIMULACEAE]
Lysimachia hemsleyana Maxim. ex Oliv. [family PRIMULACEAE]
Type of Lysimachia maculata R.Br. [family MYRSINACEAE]
Type of Lysimachia maculata R.Br. [family PRIMULACEAE]
Isosyntype of Lysimachia japonica Thunb. var. cephalantha Franch. [family PRIMULACEAE]
Isotype of Lysimachia siamensis Bonati [family PRIMULACEAE]
Type of Lysimachia microphylla Merr. [family PRIMULACEAE]
Type of Lysimachia maculata R.Br. [family PRIMULACEAE]
Isotype of Lysimachia debilis Wall. [family MYRSINACEAE]
Lysimachia japonica Thunb. [family PRIMULACEAE]
Type of Lysimachia debilis Wall. [family PRIMULACEAE]
Isotype of Lysimachia suborbicularis F.W.Went [family PRIMULACEAE]
Lysimachia deltoidea Wight var. cordifolia [family PRIMULACEAE]
Lysimachia japonica Thunb. [family PRIMULACEAE]
Holotype of Lysimachia uliginosa Blume [family PRIMULACEAE]
Isotype of Lysimachia debilis Wall. [family MYRSINACEAE]
Lysimachia maculata R.Br. [family PRIMULACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Lysimachia japonica Thunb. [family PRIMULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Eona Aitken, Lysimachia debilis Wall. [family PRIMULACEAE ]
Related name
  • Lysimachia japonica
  • Lysimachia uliginosa
  • Lysimachia suborbicularis
  • Lysimachia deltoidea
  • Lysimachia microphylla
  • Lysimachia hemsleyana
  • Lysimachia debilis
  • Lysimachia siamensis
  • Lysimachia christinae
  • Lysimachia salicifolia
  • Lysimachia umbrosa
  • Lysimachia maculata
Common name
  • Japanese loosestrife, Flora of North America Vol. 8

Flora

Entry for Lysimachia japonica Thunberg [family PRIMULACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 8,
Names
Lysimachia japonica Thunberg [family PRIMULACEAE], in J. A. Murray, Syst. Veg. ed., 14, 196. 1784 ,
Treatment Author(s)
Anita F. Cholewa
Information
Stems prostrate to ascending, simple or branched proximally, 1–3 dm, pubescent; rhizomes very slender; bulblets absent. Leaves opposite or sometimes alternate near apex of stem; petiole 0.5–1.5 cm, pubescent; blade orbiculate to ovate or deltate, 1.5–4 × 0.7–2 cm, base rounded to truncate, slightly decurrent, margins entire, plane, pubescent, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces punctate, sparsely pubescent; venation pinnate-arcuate. Inflorescences axillary in distal leaves, solitary flowers. Pedicels 0.2–0.8 cm, pubescent. Flowers: sepals 5, calyx not streaked, 5–9 mm, pubescent, lobes narrowly lanceolate, margins thin; petals 5, corolla yellow, not streaked, rotate, 5–9 mm, lobes with margins entire, apex acute to rounded, stipitate-glandular; filaments connate, shorter than corolla; staminodes absent. Capsules 2.5–3 mm, not punctate, pubescent distally. 2n = 18, 20, 22 (all Asian).
Phenology
Flowering summer
Altitude range
0–50 m
Distribution
e Asia (China, Japan).USA La.USA W.Va.
Native/Introduced
introduced

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