Lysimachia thyrsiflora

Growing form

Perennial, rhizomatous herb with robust stolons.

Size

20–80 cm high.

Stem

The stem is erect, maroon, and typically simple.

Leaf

The leaf arrangement is opposite, rarely whorled. The lamina is simple, entire, maculate with dark spots and slightly amplexicaul. The proximal leaves are scale-like. The distal leaves are narrowly lanceolate.

Flower

The flowers are arranged in dense racemes with long peduncles at the leaf axils. The calyx and corolla consist of six or seven leaves. The petals are 4–5 mm long, yellow, narrow and maculate with red-black spots at the apex. The flowers are bisexual. The gynoecium consists of a single style. The stamens exceed the corolla.

Fruit and seed

The fruit is a globose capsule (1.5–3 mm).

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Botanical excursion to Lammi - Hazel grove and herb-rich forest vegetation by the lake Pääjärvi, herb-rich forest slope on the hill Linnavuori. CC BY 4.0

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Scientific name
Lysimachia thyrsiflora
Author
L.
Vernacular names
  • terttualpi (Finnish)
  • topplösa (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.38674
Taxon rank
species
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
Status in Finland
  • AOV - spontaneous, old, resident
Regulatory Status
  • Vascular plants – SUMI Project 2022 ?
Finnish Regional Red List Category
  • 2019 LC – Least Concern
  • 2010 LC – Least Concern
Expert
  • Arto Kurtto
DNA barcode sequences
Lysimachia thyrsiflora
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