Lysimachia minima (L.) U.Manns & Anderberg

[Anagallis minima; Centunculus minimus]

Common Chaffweed
Myrsinaceae [Primulaceae]

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Protologue: Willdenowia 39: 52 (2009)
Pronunciation: Ly-si-mách-i-a mí-ni-ma
Etymology: After Lysimachos, King of Thrace, or from Gr. lysimachos, ending strife, from lysis, a loosening, releasing,
+ mache, strife, from whence came the English name of loosestrife + minima, of diminutive size

Jepson eFlora Treatment

Jepson eFlora Key to Lysimachia

SD County Synoptic Voucher (as Anagallis minima)

Distribution:
 
Left:Global Biodiversity Information Facility (https://www.gbif.org). Right: CCH2. Click to see current herbarium records.  

  
Lysimachia minima
A small annual plant. Leaves are alternate-spiral, generally elliptic.


Lysimachia minima
Close-up of leaves, flowers, and fruits.


Lysimachia minima
Close-up of developing fruit (left) and flower (right).


Lysimachia minima
Close-up of fruit, a circumscissile capsule. Note (faint) lateral line of dehiscence.