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Lysimachia venosa
Lysimachia venosa is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae known by the common name veined yellow loosestrife. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Kauai. The plant was only collected twice, last in 1911, but in 1991, a branch was discovered that had broken off the steep cliffs above the headwaters of the Wailua River. The branch was from a plant of this species and may have fallen from the summit of Mount Waialeale. No more specimens have been found since and the plant may be extinct, but some experts believe it may still exist in unsurveyed parts of the habitat. It was federally listed as an endangered species of the United States in 2010.
This shrub grows at least 0.5 to 1.0 m in height. The oval leaves are up to 10 cm long by 4.8 cm wide. The flowers have dark red petals between 1 and 2 cm long.
Lysimachia foemina · Lysimachia minima · Lysimachia monelli · Pimpernel · Scarlet pimpernel · Roughleaf yellow loosestrife · Azorean Loosestrife · Manchurian yellow loosestrife · Fringed loosestrife · Gooseneck yellow loosestrife · Mixed Yellow Loosestrife · Dense Flowered Loosestrife
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lysimachia venosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
