Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascade crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Newfoundland, south in eastern North America to Virginia; circumboreal
Habitat: Coastal tideflats and saline areas.
Flowers: April-June
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bees, flies
Glabrous perennial herbs from slender rhizomes, the stems prostrate, decumbent to erect, simple or branched, 0.5-4 dm. long, somewhat succulent and glaucous.
Leaves sessile, opposite on the lower stem, becoming alternate and crowded upward; leaf blades narrowly lanceolate, elliptic or ovate, entire, 0.2-2.6 cm. long and 0.1-6 cm. wide, glabrous.
Flowers solitary and sessile in the leaf axils; sepals 5, 3-5 mm. long, the lobes ovate, somewhat succulent, with stalked glands; petals absent; stamens 5, the filaments distinct, slightly longer than the calyx.
Capsules 2.5-3.5 mm. long, glabrous.
Publication: Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano. 146: 229. 2005.
Glaux maritima L. [HC]
Glaux maritima L. var. angustifolia B. Boivin
Glaux maritima L. var. macrophylla B. Boivin
Glaux maritima L. var. obtusifolia Fernald
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Lysimachia maritima in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Lysimachia maritima checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Lysimachia maritima information.
E-Flora BC: Lysimachia maritima atlas page.
CalPhotos: Lysimachia maritima photos.
USDA Plants: Lysimachia maritima information.
