Lysimachia glutinosa (Primulaceae)

Species description or overview

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Lysimachia glutinosa information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Lysimachia glutinosa--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Lysimachia glutinosa information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Lysimachia glutinosa, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Lysimachia glutinosa
Nomenclatural information about Lysimachia glutinosa is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Cultivation & propagation

In the Garden: Shrub's flowers are dazzling
The Kauai primrose (Lysimachia glutinosa), found naturally only in the Kokee region of Kauai, is the topic of this Rick Barboza column (Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features, 3/31/2006).

Images

Lysimachia glutinosa images by Jupiter Nielsen
Images of Lysimachia glutinosa are provided online by Maui artist/photographer Jupiter Nielsen.

Distribution

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The content of this page is based on information last generated on 16 October 2017 by PT. The template for this page was created on 15 March 2004 by EMS, and was last updated on 20 February 2006 by PT.