| Dicotyledon | Literature for Lythrum maritimum
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Lythraceae -- The Loosestrife Family | Bibliography |
| Lythrum maritimum | |
Common name(s): loosestrife, ninika, pukamole, pukamole lau li`i, pukamole lau nui |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Peru and apparently Hawai`iIn the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. |
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| Habit |
Slender shrubs; stems 3-10 cm long, many-branched, subglabrous. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves opposite, sometimes becoming alternate on rapidly growing branches, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 7-33 mm long, 2-14 mm wide, apex obtuse, base rounded to truncate, subsessile. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers solitary in the leaf axils; floral tube green, 5-8 mm long, glabrous; calyx teeth broadly ovate, mucronate, appendages slender, exceeding the calyx teeth; petals purple, ca. 4 mm long; stamens 6, slightly exserted beyond floral tube; style exserted beyond floral tube. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules ellipsoid, ca. 3.5 mm long. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds numerous, reddish brown, angled, ca. 0.5 mm long. |
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