Spoonleaf yellow loosestrifePrimulaceae (Primrose family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (Niihau, Kauai, Molokai, Maui, n.w. Hawaii Island)Uncommon to rareOahu (Cultivated)Habitwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4756849016/in/photolist-...EtymologyThe generic name Lysimachia is derived from the Greek lysis, release from, and mache, strife. Tradition relates that when Lysimachus, King of Thrace in Asia Minor (306-281 BCE), was chased by a bull he waved a plant of this genus to pacify the animal, thus releasing himself from strife. The common name for plants in this genus is loosestrife.The specific epithet mauritiana refers to the island of Mauritius.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Lysimachia_mauritiana
Spoonleaf yellow loosestrifePrimulaceae (Primrose family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (Niihau, Kauai, Molokai, Maui, n.w. Hawaii Island)Uncommon to rareOahu (Cultivated)Closeup of flowerswww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4756849280/in/photostream/Growing with other native Hawaiian coastal plants as pohiiaka (Jacquemontia sandwicensis) and, in the extreme right corner, mauu akiaki (Fimbristylis cymosa subsp. umbello-capitata).EtymologyThe generic name Lysimachia is derived from the Greek lysis, release from, and mache, strife. Tradition relates that when Lysimachus, King of Thrace in Asia Minor (306-281 BCE), was chased by a bull he waved a plant of this genus to pacify the animal, thus releasing himself from strife. The common name for plants in this genus is loosestrife.The specific epithet mauritiana refers to the island of Mauritius.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Lysimachia_mauritiananativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Jacquemontia_ovalifoli...nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Fimbristylis_cymosa_um...
Summary[edit] Description: 日本語: イワタイゲキとハマボッス、和歌山県東牟婁郡那智勝浦町にて English: Euphorbia jolkinii and Lysimachia mauritiana in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Date: Taken on 18 January 2021, 14:04:00. Source: Own work. Author: Alpsdake.
Summary[edit] Description: 日本語: ハマボッス、三重県鳥羽市菅島にて English: Lysimachia mauritiana in Suga Island, Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Date: Taken on 10 June 2017, 13:47:03. Source: Own work. Author: Alpsdake.
Summary[edit] Description: 日本語: ハマボッス、三重県鳥羽市菅島にて English: Lysimachia mauritiana in Suga Island, Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Date: Taken on 10 June 2017, 13:09:28. Source: Own work. Author: Alpsdake.
Summary[edit] Description: 日本語: ハマボッス、三重県北牟婁郡紀北町にて English: Lysimachia mauritiana in Kihoku, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Date: Taken on 8 February 2020, 15:03:24. Source: Own work. Author: Alpsdake.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Lysimachia mauritiana at Hachijo is. Tokyo Japan. 日本語: ハマボッス(Lysimachia mauritiana)、八丈島・底土. Date: 29 April 2008. Source: Own work. Author: self. Permission(Reusing this file): GFDL&CC.
Summary[edit] Description: 日本語: ハマボッス、三重県鳥羽市菅島にて English: Lysimachia mauritiana in Suga Island, Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Date: Taken on 10 June 2017, 13:09:34. Source: Own work. Author: Alpsdake.