Lysimachia scopulensis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Lysimachia
- Species
- Lysimachia scopulensis
- Scientific Name
- Lysimachia scopulensis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lysimachia scopulensis
Lysimachia scopulensis is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae known by the common name shiny-leaf yellow loosestrife. It is endemic to Hawaii, where there are two small populations on the island of Kauai. It was federally listed as an endangered species of the United States in 2010.
This shrub was discovered in 1991 in Kalalau Valley on Kauai. It was described as a new species in 1997. It grows on cliffs.
This shrub has red or green branches up to 75 centimeters long. The closely spaced leaves are lance-shaped to nearly oval in shape and have curved tips. The leaves are dark green but the central vein and the petiole may be red in color. The flower has red petals each about a centimeter long. This species sometimes hybridizes with Lysimachia glutinosa.
The two populations of this rare plant contain no more than 30 individuals in total.
The plant is threatened by the invasion of introduced species of plants and feral goats.
...Lysimachia scopulensis in languages:
- English
- shiny-leaf yellow 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