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Yellow Pimpernel - Lysimachia nemorum

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Yellow Pimpernel Yellow Pimpernel - Lysimachia nemorum dylan Oldbury Court estate and Frome valley 6 Sep 2022, 4:40 p.m. 3 Jul 2022, 4:30 p.m.
Yellow Pimpernel Yellow Pimpernel - Lysimachia nemorum dylan Northern Lower Failand 25 Apr 2022, 3:17 p.m. 24 Apr 2022, 4:10 p.m.
Yellow Pimpernel Yellow Pimpernel - Lysimachia nemorum dylan Northern Lower Failand 25 Apr 2022, 3:17 p.m. 24 Apr 2022, 4:10 p.m.
Yellow Pimpernel Yellow Pimpernel - Lysimachia nemorum dylan Oldbury Court estate and Frome valley 4 Jul 2022, 12:29 p.m. 3 Jul 2022, 3:45 p.m.
Yellow Pimpernel Yellow Pimpernel - Lysimachia nemorum dylan Oldbury Court estate and Frome valley 4 Jul 2022, 12:29 p.m. 3 Jul 2022, 3:46 p.m.
Yellow Pimpernel Yellow Pimpernel - Lysimachia nemorum dylan Oldbury Court estate and Frome valley 4 Jul 2022, 12:29 p.m. 3 Jul 2022, 3:46 p.m.

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Species Description

Stace 4:

Lysimachia nemorum L. - Yellow Pimpernel.

Stems to 40cm, procumbent to decumbent; leaves 1-3cm, opposite, ovate to broadly so, glabrous; flowers solitary in leaf-axils; corolla 5-8mm, yellow, glabrous with 5 lobes; capsule opening by 5 valves; 2n=16, 18. Native; woods and copses; throughout most of British Isles.

Key:

  • Stems procumbent or decumbent; flowers borne singly in axils of normal leaves

  • Leaves acute to subacute at apex, not glandular; calyx-lobes subulate to linear