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Lysimachia mauritiana

Lam. (1792)

This name is accepted

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

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Somewhat fleshy perennial herbs, becoming woody at base.

Stems: Stems 1–8 dm long, unbranched or branched from near base, glabrous.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades spatulate to elliptic, 20–60 cm long, 5–25 mm wide. Apex acute. Lower surfaces with scattered black glands; Blades chartaceous to slightly fleshy. Margins entire. Midrib prominent. Upper leaves sessile, lower ones attenuate to petioles 0–15 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in congested bracteate racemes, these elongating after anthesis to 3–15 cm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic; 5-merous, pedicels 3–20 mm long, bracteoles absent. Calyx of 5 sepals, lobes lanceolate, deltate, or elliptic, 4–7 mm long, with black glands, margins scarious. Corolla white or tinged pink, 8–14 mm long, deeply lobed, the lobes elliptic, imbricate. Stamens as many as and opposite the corolla lobes; filaments distinct, adnate to lower ½ of corolla; anthers dithecal. Ovary superior,1-celled; ovule placentation free-central; style 1.

Fruit: Capsules pyriform; 5–6 mm long; irregularly dehiscent. Seeds numerous; angled; 0.5–0.7 mm long; rugulose.

Ploidy: 2n = 20

Habitat: Coastal rocks; sea cliffs; and gravel beaches.

Elevation Range: 2–9 m.

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Indigenous

Island Status

Ni'ihau(Incl. Lehua) Indigenous
Kaua'i Indigenous
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Molokai Indigenous
Maui Indigenous
Hawai'i Indigenous

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Encycl. 3: 592 (1792)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1082 (Ni, K, Mo, EM, WM, H); Wichman & St. John 1990:117/Remy 460 HUH (Ni†, 1855)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lysimachia mauritiana Wailau Valley Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 524 Molokai BISH 1912-09-01
2 Lysimachia mauritiana East Maui, Naliku Landing Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 263 Maui BISH 1910-07-01
3 Lysimachia mauritiana East Maui, Naliku Landing Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 263 Maui BISH 1910-07-01
4 Lysimachia mauritiana N coast of Waikolu Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 7005 Molokai BISH 1910-04-01
5 Lysimachia mauritiana Waimea Arboretum full sun Preserved_Specimen decumbent herbs 5-15 cm tall. Flowers white, odorless (morning) Lau, J. 2628 Oahu BISH 1986-07-14
6 Lysimachia mauritiana Wailau Valley gravelly soil above beach Preserved_Specimen flowers pale pinkish, leaves fleshy Fosberg, F.R. 13082 Molokai BISH 1936-04-19
7 Lysimachia mauritiana Princeville cliffs; bare rock face and among naupaka Preserved_Specimen Succulent herb. Rosette forming or attenuated with racemes of flowers. Lower base of stems very pale green, somewhat glossy; stem darker green above, somewhat glossy. Leaves above glossy, youngest dark green becoming paler with age; below very pale green; glossy along midrib, lamina duller. Flowers 9x8 mm. Pedicels pale green to nearly white, glossy, 4 mm long. Sepals green, with 2 rows of reddish-brown along edges, 3x1 mm. Petals white, with pink cast and pinkish veins, 8x3 mm. Stamens: filament white, pollen greenish-white. Stigma green, style white, ovary greenish. Maturing fruit with style becoming reddish, ovary green, glossy. Hume, L. 261 Kauai BISH 1987-07-21
8 Lysimachia mauritiana Wailau Valley moist dirt bluff above shingle beach Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 23526 Molokai BISH 1948-04-27
9 Lysimachia mauritiana East Molokai, Wailau Valley talus slopes and rock crevices. Preserved_Specimen leaves fleshy; corolla white Fosberg, F.R. 9672 Molokai BISH 1933-07-04
10 Lysimachia mauritiana Wailea Bay, Kolekole Beach Park. Under Kolekole Bridge. Denuded red clay bank above black rock beach within ocean spray zone. Casuarina and hau forest Preserved_Specimen leaves succulent, flower white. Population of approximately 120 individuals of all age classes. LeGrande, M. Hawaii BISH 2024-05-30
11 Lysimachia mauritiana East Maui, Makawao District, Honopou, west side of Honopou Stream, along seacliffs.`30 ft Scattered, many plants observed in soil pockets and on ledges. Vegetation: Pandanus, Scaevola, Osteomeles, Vitex, Ischaemum, Bidens, Lipochaeta, Sesuvium, Lycium, Bacopa, Cyperus, Fimbristylus, Crytomium, Digitaria, Sadleria. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 51602 Maui BISH 2016-05-01
12 Lysimachia mauritiana East Maui, Hana District, east of Nuaailua Bay. Vegetation: Pandanus, Scaevola, Sadleria, Kadua, Lycium, Ischaemum, Bacopa, Fimbristylis, Cyperus. Preserved_Specimen Common herb in this area. Oppenheimer, H.L. 81223 Maui BISH 2013-08-14
13 Lysimachia mauritiana Wailau Valley rocky and earthy shore, rainy Preserved_Specimen flowers white Degener, O. 17675 Molokai BISH 1928-08-05
14 Lysimachia mauritiana Hanalei District Nahiku, coastal cliffs 100 meters east of Hanawi stream. Pandanus tectorius forest. With Lysimachia mauitiana, Scaevola taccada, Bacopa, Cyrtomium, Artemisia, Ardisia elliptica Preserved_Specimen Small herbs 1 ft ht with flowers and fruit Perlman, S. 22921 Maui BISH 2012-06-19
15 Lysimachia mauritiana Maliku, near Paia ledges facing ocean Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 21946 Maui BISH 1952-02-26
16 Lysimachia mauritiana East Molokai, N coast, Kaholaiki Bay boulder beach Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 2181 Molokai BISH 1984-08-27
17 Lysimachia mauritiana Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Pauwela Pt beach Preserved_Specimen Davis, J. 37 Maui BISH 1978-07-03
18 Lysimachia mauritiana N coast, Anapuhi beach, coast in from Huelo islet With Schiedea globosa, Nototrichium sandwicense, Pandanus, Senna gaudichaudii, Lysimachia mauritiana, Chenopodium oahuensis, Artemisia australis, Pipturus, Cyrtomium falcatum, Lythrum, Tetramolopium sylvae. Preserved_Specimen Small plants with flowers and fruit. Perlman, S. 6243 Molokai BISH 1987-08-01
19 Lysimachia mauritiana Hanakapiai Bay, W side lowest crevices on basalt sea cliff. Preserved_Specimen in age pinkish, flowers white St.John, H. 25539 Kauai BISH 1955-06-15
20 Lysimachia mauritiana Wailau Valley shore Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 703 Molokai BISH 1910-01-01
21 Lysimachia mauritiana Wailau Valley, East Molokai plants collected along beach and seacliffs Preserved_Specimen Herb with capsules. Higashino, P.K. 10366 Molokai BISH 1984-08-12
22 Lysimachia mauritiana Honopue Valley, E side on seacliff Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 2440 Hawaii BISH 1985-09-02
23 Lysimachia mauritiana East Maui, Hana District, Waiohune Bay, vicinity of the mouth of Waiaaka Stream. Locally common at cliff bases and on boulders. Vegetation: Pandanus, Hibiscus, Ardisia, Cocos, Pluchea, Hedychium, Solamum, Sphagneticola, Aleurites, Begonia, Carex, Lysimachia, Bacopa, Sadleria, Cyrtomium, Adiantum, Ficus, Dioscorea, Hoya, Ipomoea, Digitaria, Ischaemum, Lycium, Spathodea. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 81302 Maui BISH 2013-08-01
24 Lysimachia mauritiana Wailau Valley, East Molokai, on seacliffs on seacliffs Preserved_Specimen herb with capsules Anderson, S.J. 621 Molokai BISH 1983-08-25
25 Lysimachia mauritiana West Maui, Wailuku District, Kahakuloa, between Puu Koae and Puu Kahulianapa. Rare, about 30 plants observed on slopes. Vegetation: Scaevola coastal shrubland with Lycium, Sesuvium, Fimbristylis, Cyperus, Osteomeles, Chenopodium, Schiedea, Sida, Lipochaia, Panicum, Eragrostis, Schenkia, Pseudognaphalium, Schinus, Digitaria, Lantana, Anagalis, Desmodium. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 41507 Maui BISH 2015-04-02
26 Lysimachia mauritiana Kalaupapa, Community, greenhouse behind state Quonset hut Preserved_Specimen fleshy, clumping herb, somewhate wood at base; stems and leaves tinged red Wysong, M.L. 858 Molokai BISH 2006-01-25
27 Lysimachia mauritiana West Maui, Wailuku District, Kahakuloa, Puu Kahulianapa Vegetation: Scaevola Coastal Shrubland w/Schiedea globosa, Eragrostis variabilis, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Heliotropium curassavicum, Chenopodium oahuensis, Pseudognaphalium sandwicensium var. molokaiense, Lipochaeta integrifolia, Sida fallax, Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Lycium sandwicensis, Cynodon dactylon, Digitaria ciliaris Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 30310 Maui BISH 2003-03-15
28 Lysimachia mauritiana East Maui, Makawao District, .5 mile east of Maliko Gulch. Locally common on soil ledges at base of bluffs. Vegetation: Lycium, Sesuvium, Bidens, Lysimachia, Chenopodium, Artemisia, Kadua, Fimbristylis, Heliotropium, Cyperus, Bacopa, Digitaria, Cynodon, Pluchea, Casuarina. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 41525 Maui BISH 2015-04-15
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