Vasilis Teodoridis:
Primulaceae | Lysimachia
23. Lysimachia capillipes Hemsley in F. B. Forbes & Hemsley; J. Linn. Soc.; Bot. 26: 48. 1889.
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Herbs perennial; 40--60 cm tall; strongly curry-scented when dry. Stems 2 to many; erect; angular or winged; branched from middle. Leaves alternate; petiole 2--8 mm; leaf blade ovate to lanceolate; 1.5--7 X 1--3 cm; adaxially glabrous or sparsely bristly; base short attenuate to obtuse; rarely subrounded to truncate; often slightly asymmetrical; margin entire or obscurely undulate; veins 4 or 5 pairs; veinlets inconspicuously reticulate. Pedicel 1.5--3.5 cm. Flowers solitary; axillary. Calyx lobes ovate to lanceolate; 2--4 mm; apex acuminate to subulate. Corolla yellow; 6--8 mm; deeply parted; lobes narrowly oblong to linear; 5--7 X 1.8--3 mm; apex subobtuse. Filaments connate basally into a ca. 0.5 mm high ring; fused with corolla; free parts ca. 1.3 mm; anthers 3.5--4 mm; basifixed; opening by apical pores. Style filiform; slightly longer than stamens. Capsule globose; 3--4 mm in diam.
Mixed forests; streamsides; acidic soils; rocky limestone slopes; 300--2000 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; S Henan; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; E Yunnan; Zhejiang [Philippines]