Lisimachia L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 26

8. Lisimachia L. 1

Erect or procumbent herbs, rarely dwarf shrubs. Leaves opposite, whorled or rarely alternate, entire or crenate. Flowers 5(7)- merous, axillary, solitary or clustered, or in terminal bracteate panicles or racemes. Corolla rotate; lobes entire or dentate, often glandular within. Capsule more or less globose, with 5(—7) valves. Seeds rugose, numerous. Literature: F. Pax & R. Knuth in Engler, Pflanzenreich 22(IV. 237): 256-313 (1905). H. Handel-Mazzetti, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 16: 51-122 (1928). J. D. Ray, Illinois Biol. Monogr. 24(3-4): 1-160 (1956).1234567891011 1 Stems procumbent 2 Leaves gland-dotted; calyx-lobes ovate, overlapping; corolla 8-18 mm 6. nummularia

2 Leaves not gland-dotted; calyx-lobes subulate, not overlapping; corolla 6-8-5 mm

3 Leaves 5-30 mm wide, petiolate; pedicels ± equalling the subtending leaf 1. nemorum

3 Leaves 3-8 mm wide, subsessile; pedicels at least twice as long as the subtending leaf 2. serpyllifolia

1 Stems erect 4 Flowers 7-merous, in dense axillary racemes 13. thyrsiflora 4 Flowers 5-merous, not in dense axillary racemes 5 At least the lower flowers subtended by ordinary leaves; corolla completely or partly yellow

6 Corolla 4-5•5 mm, pink at base, yellowish at apices of lobes

8. minoricensis

6 Corolla more than 5-5 mm, yellow, sometimes streaked or dotted with red or black

7 Flowers terminal

8 Flowers in a panicle; corolla without streaks or dots;

axillary bulbils never present 3. vulgaris

8 Flowers in a raceme; corolla streaked and dotted with red and black; axillary bulbils usually present

4. terrestris

7 Flowers axillary

9 Flowers solitary, rarely paired; corolla with red basal blotches; leaf-surfaces glabrous 5. ciliata

9 Flowers usually in clusters of 2 or more; corolla without blotches; leaf-surfaces puberulent 7. punctata

5 Flowers subtended by minute bracts; corolla never yellow 10 Corolla white

11 Leaves linear-lanceolate, opposite 9. ephemerum

11 Leaves broadly lanceolate to ovate, alternate

10. clethroides

10 Corolla pink or purple 12 Corolla purple; flowers sessile; style indurate in fruit 11. atropurpurea 12 Corolla pink; flowers pedicellate; style filiform in fruit 12. dubia