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Lysimachia glutinosa

Rock (1910)

This name is accepted

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

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect or somewhat sprawling shrubs 6–20 dm tall.

Stems: Bark reddish brown, young stems viscid, glabrous.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, well-spaced. Blades oblanceolate to broadly oblanceolate or elliptic, 60–150 mm long, 15–45 mm wide. Apex acuminate. Base attenuate. Upper surfaces viscid when young, otherwise glabrous; blades firm–chartaceous, sessile. Margins entire. Petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers with a sweet fragrance, bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic, solitary in the leaf axils, 5–10-merous, pedicels stout, 25–56 mm long, elongating up to 75 mm long in fruit, viscid, otherwise glabrous, bracteate, bracteoles absent. Calyx of 5 sepals; Calyx lobes lanceolate to broadly so, 10–15 mm long, viscid with sessile glands, margins scarious. Corolla cream, campanulate, 18–25 mm long, the lobes obovate, imbricate. Stamens as many as and opposite the corolla lobes; filaments connate ca. ½ their length, adnate to corolla tube; anthers dithecal. Ovary superior, 1-celled; ovule placentation free-central; style 1.

Fruit: Capsules broadly ovoid to subglobose; thick and woody; 8–15 mm long; regularly dehiscent by 5–10 valves. Seeds black; irregularly rhomboid; angled; 1–1.7 mm long; seed coat crustaceous.

Ploidy: 2n = 72

Habitat: Diverse mesic forest.

Elevation Range: 1,090–1,220 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 300 (1910)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1081 (K); Marr & Bohm 1997:268 (KEY, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Chock, A.K. 1124 Kauai BISH 1953-09-03
2 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 17311 Kauai BISH 1920-01-01
3 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 68 Kauai BISH 1969-01-16
4 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 1616 Kauai BISH 1956-12-29
5 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Sohmer, S.H. 6532 Kauai BISH 1970-07-18
6 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lydgate, J.M. 9 Kauai BISH 1912-01-01
7 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 22334 Kauai BISH 1950-01-30
8 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 1770 Kauai BISH 1909-02-14
9 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 1770 Kauai BISH 1909-02-14
10 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lydgate, J.M. Kauai BISH 1911-12-01
11 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. Kauai BISH 1960-04-14
12 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Zimmerman, E.C. Kauai BISH 1937-07-22
13 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Zimmerman, E.C. Kauai BISH 1937-07-22
14 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Fay, J. 502 Kauai BISH 1975-12-03
15 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 6 Kauai BISH 1982-01-01
16 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 1770 Kauai BISH 1909-02-14
17 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stern, W.L. 3139 Kauai BISH 1974-04-02
18 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet forest Preserved_Specimen Stern, W.L. 1317 Kauai BISH 1961-08-01
19 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In grassy clearing; easily found along roadside & parking lot. Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 2473 Kauai BISH 1985-09-21
20 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros polymorpha and Acacia koa montane mesic forest. Direct north facing slope, on rock face. With Dodonea viscosa, Metrosideros polymorpha, Acacia koa, Psidium cattleianum, Erigeron bellioides, Selaginella sp., Wilkesia gymnoxiphium Preserved_Specimen Walsh, S. 591 Kauai BISH 2018-05-23
21 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 1001 Kauai BISH 1968-03-30
22 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet woods Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 22947 Kauai BISH 1947-12-22
23 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details With Metrosideros, Scaevola, Coprosma, Vaccinium, Pteridium, etc. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 4036 Kauai BISH 1969-08-01
24 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rather dry open forest undergrowth. Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 810 Kauai BISH 1927-02-17
25 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Thicket at edge of pali. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 19985 Kauai BISH 1939-02-11
26 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details With Metrosideros, Scaevola, Coprosma, Vaccinium, Pteridium, etc. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 4036 Kauai BISH 1969-07-01
27 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details lehua, Santalum, Scaevola Preserved_Specimen Pearsall, G.A. 435 Kauai BISH 1959-06-30
28 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros - Acacia montane mesic forest with Alphitonia, Pouteria, Xylosma hawaiiensis, Claoxylon, Myrsine lanaiensis, Wikstroemia furcata, Dodonaea, Kauda affinis, Melicope ovata, M. anisata, M. barbigera, Dracaena aurea, Polyscias kavaien Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 15102 Kauai BISH 2012-07-18
29 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Acacia koa - Metrosideros polymorpha - Dicranopteris linearis montane mesic 10% open, 8-10 m tall canopy, 40% Acacia koa, 20% Metrosideros polymorpha, 20% tall Psychotria mariniana with 5-7 m tall understory canopy of Planchonella sandwicensis, Bobea brevipes merging into up Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 15115 Kauai BISH 2012-07-25
30 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Scaevola, Dicranopteris Preserved_Specimen Carlquist, S. 1793 Kauai BISH 1965-07-31
31 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Pushing up through scrub uluhe. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 69 Kauai BISH 1969-01-16
32 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dense forest, clay soil. Preserved_Specimen Wilder, G.P. 446 Kauai BISH 1926-03-08
33 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet forest Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 2055 Kauai BISH 1971-08-10
34 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Roadside. Preserved_Specimen Lamoureux, C.H. 2846 Kauai BISH 1965-04-19
35 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Partly sunny rainforest. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 23851 Kauai BISH 1955-09-07
36 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry, open forest Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 810 Kauai BISH 1927-02-17
37 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details by rain forest. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 21561 Kauai BISH 1952-01-07
38 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open rainforest. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 33496 Kauai BISH 1976-07-04
39 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Steep slopes w/low mixed mesophytic forest of Metrosideros, Pelea, Xylosma & Pleomele. Preserved_Specimen Lorence, D.H. 5126 Kauai BISH 1987-03-20
40 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details moist Metrosideros woods Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 22899 Kauai BISH 1947-12-21
41 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rather dry open forest undergrowth. Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 810 Kauai BISH 1927-02-17
42 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details by rain forest. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 21561 Kauai BISH 1952-01-07
43 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details forest Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 17667 Kauai BISH 1928-07-04
44 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Acacia koa - Metrosideros plymorpha - Dicranopteris linearis montane mesic 10% open, 8-10m tall canopy, 40% Acacia koa, 20% Metrosideros polymorpha, 20% tall Psychotria mariniana with 5-7 m tall understory canopy of Planchonella sandwicensis, Bobea brevipes merving into up Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 15118 Kauai BISH 2012-07-25
45 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dryland forest Preserved_Specimen Christensen, C. 185 Kauai BISH 1977-04-15
46 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On edge of cliff in wet forest. Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 41467 Kauai BISH 1961-03-11
47 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details forest Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Kauai BISH 1962-01-19
48 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Among shrubs. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 21465 Kauai BISH 1950-02-01
49 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In semi-open mesphytic forest of Ohia-Cheirodendron. Preserved_Specimen Spence, G. 174 Kauai BISH 1973-07-23
50 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Among staghorn fern in stunted forest. Assoc. w/Metrosideros & Syzygium, locally abundant. Preserved_Specimen Gagné, W.C. 546 Kauai BISH 1970-08-25
51 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Pushing up through scrub uluhe. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 69 Kauai BISH 1969-01-16
52 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details side of road Preserved_Specimen Plews, J.H.R. Kauai BISH 1979-02-20
53 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Acacia koa- Metrosideros-Dicranopteris linearis mesic- wet forest. With Cheirodendron spp., Scaevola procera, Bobea brevipes, Dodonaea viscosa, Ilex anomala, Coprosma kauaensis, Psychotria greenwelliae, Santalum f.v. pyrularium Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 23044 Kauai BISH 2012-10-11
54 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Acacia koa - Metrosideros polymorpha - Dicranopteris linearis montane mesic 10% open, 8-10 m tall canopy, 40% Acacia koa, 20% Metrosideros polymorpha, 20% tall Psychotria mariniana with 5-7 m tall understory canopy of Planchonella sandwicensis, Bobea brevipes merging into up Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 15116 Kauai BISH 2012-07-25
55 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dryland forest Preserved_Specimen Christensen, C. 185 Kauai BISH 1977-04-15
56 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 786 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
57 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details side of road Preserved_Specimen Plews, J.H.R. Kauai BISH 1979-02-20
58 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Among shrubs. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 21465 Kauai BISH 1950-02-01
59 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 91 Kauai BISH 1983-01-12
60 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 1612 Kauai BISH 1956-12-29
61 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 786 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
62 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 22334 Kauai BISH 1950-01-30
63 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 1770 Kauai BISH 1909-02-14
64 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 3765 Kauai BISH 1961-08-15
65 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. 5019 Kauai BISH 1925-03-01
66 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1022 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
67 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 2154 Kauai BISH 1971-09-22
68 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 1770 Kauai BISH 1909-02-14
69 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 5005 Kauai BISH 1983-08-27
70 Lysimachia glutinosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 30208 Kauai BISH 1976-07-04
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