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Lysimachia mauritiana is
a biennial herb that reaches heights of 10-40cm, occurring in sandy
soils or on rocky seashores. Stems are cylindrical and ridged, often
tinging red. Leaves are alternate, 2-5cm long and 1-2cm wide,
obovate or oblanceolate, thick and glossy. Stem tips emerge as short
racemes, with singly set white flowers set aside by bracts. Corollas
are 1-1.2cm in diameter and cleft deeply into five. The fruit
(capsule) is spherical, 4-6mm in diameter. Bloom time: May-June. |