Lysimachia serpyllifolia Schreb.

Lysimachia serpyllifolia Schreb.

Synonymy

    • =Lysimachia anagalloides Sm.
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    Taxon info

    Lysimachia serpyllifolia is a Greek endemic occurring in the mountains from Kriti to Sterea Ellas, generally growing on rocky limestone slopes in semi-shade at 1000–2200 m. Plants collected by Sibthorp “in montibus Cretae” (undoubtedly Levka Ori) were described as L. anagalloides – see Plate 190 in Flora Graeca (1816).A
    A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 354 [Plate 19.6]

    Distribution

    GR(Pe StE WAe KK

    Greece (Kriti and Karpathos present; Peloponnisos present; Sterea Ellas present; West Aegean islands present)

    Status

    Native / Non Range-Restricted

    Chorology

    Greek endemic

    Life-form

    Chamaephyte

    Habitat

    Xeric Mediterranean Phrygana and grasslands, High mountain vegetation

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

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