Lysimachia fortunei Maxim., Primulaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  no

Threat only at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  High risk, score: 8 (Go to the risk assessment)

Habit:  herb

Description:  "An erect perennial herb; stolons creeping; stems terete, with small black spots, 30-60 cm high, simple or with few branches above. Leaves subopposite or alternate, elliptical or lanceolate, 4-7 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, the apex acute or obtuse, entire, sessile or subsessile. Racemes terminal, densely many-flowered, 10-20 cm long, glabrous or minutely glandular hairy, the pedicels short, about 3 mm long; the bracts acicular 3-5 mm long. Flowers white, 5-6 mm across; calyx 5-parted, segments ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, membranous and ciliate at margin, with black glandular dots, ca. 2 mm long; corolla-lobes oblong, rounded, obtuse, ca. 3-5 mm long; stamens 5, inserted on the petals, filaments short, ca. 0.5 mm long; anthers broad ovate, ca. 0.6 mm long; ovary globose, style ca. 1 mm long. Capsules globose, 2-2.5 mm in diameter, style persistent" (Digital Flora of Taiwan).

Habitat/ecology:  "In wet places by rivers and ponds in lowlands" (Digital Flora of Taiwan).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  Japan, Korea, the Ryukyus, Indo-China, Taiwan and SE China. (Digital Flora of Taiwan).

Additional information:  Additional online information about Lysimachia fortunei is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Taxonomic information about Lysimachia fortunei may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

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