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Lysimachia scopulensis

K.L.Marr (1997)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Primulaceae Genus: Lysimachia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Branching shrubs.

Stems: Stems up to 75 cm long, red or green, pulverulent when young.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, (0.5)2–7(8) mm apart. Blades oblanceolate, sometimes narrowly obovate, coriaceous, almost succulent, with internal glands, tips slightly to extremely recurved, (33)55–65(86) mm long, (5)8–11(23) mm wide. Apex attenuate. Base acute. Upper surfaces dark green, drying olive green, glabrous, pulverulent when young, lower dark green, drying lighter than above, glabrous. Margins entire. Primary vein and petiole sometimes dark red, secondary veins prominent, tertiary veins obscure. Petioles (2)3– 4.5(5) mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers solitary in leaf axils. Flowers bisexual (perfect), (5)6(7)-merous, campanulate; pedicels 20–45 mm long, erect, green. Calyx of 5 sepals; lobes green or red at the base, scarious margins, pulverulent, otherwise glabrous, widely ovate (2.5)4–5 mm long, (2)3–4(4.5) mm wide. Corolla lobes red, obovate, 10–11 mm long, 6–7 mm wide. Filaments 5 mm long; anthers 2 mm long. Ovary superior; styles 5 mm long.

Fruit: Capsules globose; 6.5–7.5(9) mm long. Seeds dark brown; irregularly shaped; 1.5–2.5 mm long.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Growing on steep cliffs of diverse lowland mesic forest in upper Kalalau Valley;.

Elevation Range: 780–880 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Pacific Sci. 51: 282 (1997)

Other References

Marr & Bohm 1997:265/Herbst & Wagner 1999:30 (SPNOV/K, KEY, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lysimachia scopulensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Pukiawe/Aalii Mesic Shrubland on North-facing cliffs below Ohia Lowland Mesic Forest Dodonaea viscosa, Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima, Wilkesia gymnoxiphium, Eragrostis variabilis, Lobelia niihauensis, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Euphorbia celastroides var. hanapepensis, Eupho Preserved_Specimen Scandent shrubs on N-facing cliffs growing just out of reach of the goats above and below. Multiple stems emerging from ground and trailing downwards up to 1m in length. Flowers purple with pink margins on corolla lobes. Peduncle appears to lengthen in fruit. Whitish hairs on new growth (leaves, petioles, stems, etc.) Williams, A.M. 656 Kauai BISH 2020-10-29
2 Lysimachia scopulensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Steep diverse mesic forest with Chamaesyce sp. nov., Hedyotis sp. nov., Hibiscadelphus sp. nov., Poa mannii, Stenogyne campanulata, Melicope pallida, Lysimachia spp., Lobelia niihauensis; in cliff area. Preserved_Specimen Branching shrubs w/stems up to 75 cm long; pulverulent when young; lvs dark green, drying olive-green, lower surface drying lighter than above, primary vein & petiole sometimes dark red, secondary veins prominent, tertiary veins obscure; calyx lobes green or red at base, hyaline margins, pulverulent. Wood, K.R. Kauai BISH 1992-07-28
3 Lysimachia scopulensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros, Eragrostis variabilis, Panicum lineale, Chamaesyce eleanoriae, Hedyotis, Melicope; mesic forest, cliffs Preserved_Specimen ~20 stems upright from each clumping plant Wood, K.R. 3618 Kauai BISH 1994-10-05
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