Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 381

3. C. oppositifolium L. , Sp. Pl. 398 (1753) .

Laxly caespitose, with decumbent, rooting, leafy stems but without underground rhizome; hairy, at least towards the base. Leaves opposite, orbicular-ovate, crenulate or sinuate, truncate or shortly cuneate at the base, somewhat hairy on upper surface, thin, dark glaucous-green; petioles rather long. Flowering stems up to 20 cm, 4-angled. Flowers c. 4 mm in diameter; sepals ovate or triangular-ovate, yellow. Stamens 8; filaments slightly shorter than sepals. Capsule free from hypanthium in its upper third only. Seeds blackish, covered with glandular hairs about twice as long as thick. 2« = 42. Damp and shady places. • W. Europe and parts o f C. Europe, extending eastwards to W. Poland, C. Czechoslovakia and?Slovenija. Be Br Cz D a G a Ge H b He Ho Hs It?Ju Lu No Po.