Lythrum portula, (L.) D. A. Webb
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12. L. portula (L.) D. A. Webb View in CoL , Feddes Repert. 74: 13 (1967)
( Peplis portula L. ).
Glabrous annual; stems up to 25 cm, extensively creeping and rooting at the nodes. Leaves 5-15 mm, obovate-spathulate, tapered to a distinct petiole, opposite, rather fleshy. Flowers 6-merous, solitary in the leaf-axils. Hypanthium c. 1-5 mm, pelviform to hemispherical, wider than long; epicalyx-segments subulate, equalling or rarely twice as long as the triangular-acuminate sepals. Petals 1 mm, purple, sometimes absent; stamens 6. Capsule subglobose, nearly twice as long as the hypanthium. 2w=10. Wet places and in shallow water; calcifuge. Europe, except the extreme north. All except F a Is Rs (K) Sb.
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Lythrum portula
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
L. portula (L.)
| D. A. Webb 1967: 13 |