Common name: Kause Chaffweed
Lysimachia minima (L.) U.Manns & Anderb. APNI* Synonyms: Anagallis minima (L.) E.H.L.Krause APNI*
Centunculus minimus L. APNI*
Description: Small annual herb; stems creeping to weakly erect, to 7 cm long, ± 4-angled.
Leaves alternate, ovate to obovate, 2–5 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, ± sessile.
Flowers solitary, in the upper leaf axils; corolla tubular, 1–2 mm diam., white to pink, petals shorter than sepals. Stamens with glabrous filaments.
Capsule 1.5–2 mm diam., circumsciss.
Flowering: Flowers spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Occasionally naturalized in the Canberra district. Native of Europe.
NSW subdivisions: *ST
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *S.A. *W.A.
Formerly in Myrsinaceae.
Text by G.J. Harden (Flora of NSW 1 Suppl., 1999: 74), as Anagallis minima
Taxon concept: Manns, U. & Anderberg, A.A. (2009), New combinations and names in Lysimachia (Myrsinaceae) for species of Anagallis, Pelletiera and Trientalis. Willdenowia 39: 49-54; accepted name by APC (CHAH 2010)
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