Lysimachia daphnoides: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Lysimachia
- Species
- Lysimachia daphnoides
- Scientific Name
- Lysimachia daphnoides
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lysimachia daphnoides
Lysimachia daphnoides is a rare species of flowering plant in the Primulaceae known by several common names, including Pacific loosestrife, lehua makanoe, kolekole lehua, and kolokolo kuahiwi. It is endemic to Hawaii, where there are only three populations remaining on the island of Kauai. It was federally listed as an endangered species of the United States in 2010.
This is a small shrub growing up to about half a meter in maximum height with a dense covering of leathery leaves. Dark red or purple flowers occur in the leaf axils. The plant is a member of the boggy wet mountain ecosystem in Alakai Wilderness Preserve and Na Pali Kona Forest Reserve on Kauai. There are three known populations for a total number of plants between 200 and 300.
The flowers of this plant were traditionally used in leis.
...Lysimachia daphnoides in languages:
- English
- Pacific loosestrife
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Anagallis
- Glaux
- Lerouxia
- Lysimachia
- Lysimachia acroadenia
- Lysimachia acuminata
- Lysimachia alfredii
- Lysimachia alpestris
- Lysimachia alternifolia
- Lysimachia andina
- Lysimachia ardisioides
- Lysimachia asperulifolia
- Lysimachia atropurpurea
- Lysimachia barbata
- Lysimachia barystachys
- Lysimachia brevipes
- Lysimachia buxifolia
- Lysimachia campestris
- Lysimachia candida
- Lysimachia capillipes
- Lysimachia chingshuiensis
- Lysimachia christinae
- Lysimachia christiniae
- Lysimachia ciliata
- Lysimachia clethroides
- Lysimachia congestiflora
- Lysimachia cousiniana
- Lysimachia daphnoides
- Lysimachia daqiaoensis
- Lysimachia davurica
- Lysimachia debilis
- Lysimachia decurrens
- Lysimachia deltoidea
- Lysimachia djalonis
- Lysimachia dubia
- Lysimachia elegantula
- Lysimachia engleri
- Lysimachia ephemerum
- Lysimachia fanii
- Lysimachia filifolia
- Lysimachia filiformis
- Lysimachia fistulosa
- Lysimachia forbesii
- Lysimachia fortunei
- Lysimachia fraseri
- Lysimachia glutinosa
- Lysimachia gracilipes
- Lysimachia graminea
- Lysimachia grammica
- Lysimachia hemsleyi
- Lysimachia henryi
- Lysimachia heterogenea
- Lysimachia hexamera
- Lysimachia hillebrandii
- Lysimachia huttonii
- Lysimachia hybrida
- Lysimachia iniki
- Lysimachia japonica
- Lysimachia kalalauensis
- Lysimachia kingaensis
- Lysimachia klattiana
- Lysimachia kochii
- Lysimachia kraduengensis
- Lysimachia kwangtungensis
- Lysimachia lanceolata
- Lysimachia laxa
- Lysimachia leucantha
- Lysimachia lewisii
- Lysimachia lichiangensis
- Lysimachia liukiuensis
- Lysimachia lobelioides
- Lysimachia loomisii
- Lysimachia lydgatei
- Lysimachia mauritiana
- Lysimachia melampyroides
- Lysimachia mexicana
- Lysimachia minima
- Lysimachia minoricensis
- Lysimachia montana
- Lysimachia nigropunctata
- Lysimachia nummularia
- Lysimachia nummulariifolia
- Lysimachia nutans
- Lysimachia ohsumiensis
- Lysimachia oligantha
- Lysimachia omeiensis
- Lysimachia ovalis
- Lysimachia paridiformis
- Lysimachia parvifolia
- Lysimachia pendens
- Lysimachia pentapetala
- Lysimachia peploides
- Lysimachia petelotii
- Lysimachia phyllocephala
- Lysimachia platypetala
- Lysimachia procumbens
- Lysimachia prolifera
- Lysimachia pseudohenryi
- Lysimachia pumila
- Lysimachia punctata
- Lysimachia quadriflora
- Lysimachia quadrifolia
- Lysimachia radicans
- Lysimachia ravenii
- Lysimachia remota
- Lysimachia remyi
- Lysimachia rubiginosa
- Lysimachia rubricaulis
- Lysimachia ruhmeriana
- Lysimachia schliebenii
- Lysimachia scopulensis
- Lysimachia serpens
- Lysimachia sertulata
- Lysimachia sikokiana
- Lysimachia stenosepala
- Lysimachia steyermarkii
- Lysimachia tashiroi
- Lysimachia tenella
- Lysimachia tenuicaulis
- Lysimachia tianmaensis
- Lysimachia tonsa
- Lysimachia tsaratananae
- Lysimachia tyrrhenia
- Lysimachia venosa
- Lysimachia verna
- Lysimachia verticillaris
- Lysimachia volkovae
- Lysimachia wildpretii
- Lysimachia × commixta
- Lysimachia × producta
- Lysimachia × radfordii
- Trientalis