Lysimachia japonica

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Lysimachia japonica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Lysimachia japonica, Thunb. Annual: st. slender and decumbent, simple, villous or pubescent, the apex erect: lvs. opposite, petiolate, roundish and subcordate to ovate, obtuse, entire: fls. 1 or 2 in the axils, the peduncle shorter than the lvs. and reflexed in fr.; corolla 1/3 in. or less across, yellow, the gland-dotted segms. oblong. In moist places and about fields, Japan, China, India, to the Philippines.—Whether the creeping yellow-fld. plant listed under this name is the true L. japonica is apparently yet to be determined. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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