Lisimachia nemorum, 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

1. L. nemorum L. , Sp. Pl. 148 (1753).

Evergreen, glabrous.

Stems 10-45 cm, procumbent. Leaves (1O-)15-3O(-5O) x (5—)10— 2O(-3O) mm, opposite, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, shortly petiolate. Flowers solitary in the axils of the middle leaves; pedicels filiform, slightly shorter than to 1 | (rarely 3, in young plants) times as long as the subtending leaf. Calyx 3-5-6 mm; lobes linear-lanceolate or subulate. Corolla 6-8-5 mm, yellow. Capsule c. 3 mm, globose; style deciduous. 2/2=16, 18, 28. Damp or shady places. W. & C. Europe, extending locally to S. Sweden, C. Jugoslavia and Sicilia. Au Az Be Br Cz Da Fa Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hs It Ju Lu No Po Rm Rs (W) Si Su.

Specimens from the Açores have been recognized as subsp. azorica (Hooker) Palhinha , Bol. Soc. Brot. ser. 2, 30: 77 (1956); the characters used are those of first-year flowering material in cultivation, and mature specimens, apart from having revolute leaf-margins and narrower corolla-lobes, are not clearly separable from 1. The taxon does not warrant more than varietal status.