Entry for LYTHRUM Thymifolia Linn. [family LYTHRACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 464, (1871) Author: (By Mr. J. G. Baker.)
Names
LYTHRUM ThymifoliaLinn. [family LYTHRACEAE], DC. Prod. iii. 81.
Information
Stem prostrate or procumbent, terete, with angular branches, 2–24 in. long. Leaves alternate, linear, the lower ones oblong-lanceolate acute, not more than 1/2–1 in. long. Bracts deciduous, linear, shorter than the calyx. Calyx narrowly tubular, 8-veined, the 4 stronger veins proceeding to the cornua; calyx-lobes shorter than the cornua. Petals ligulate or obovate. Stamens 2, opposite, not exceeding the calyx-tube, and inserted at a third above its base. Ovary oblong, equalling the erect style which reaches to the level of the stamens. Capsule oblong, subquadrangular.
