Lysimachia christinae Hance

Money Grass, alias: Yellow, mirror grass, cuiping grass, Lotus Bud grass, meat wonton grass, gold key, even money grass, grass on the block, leaf money grass, money leaf grass, money Qian gold and so on. Is a variety of other plants, for the primulaceae plants, tubular flowers order, primulaceae perennial creeping small herbs. Leaves reniform to orbicular, 4-25 mm in Diam. Flowers Solitary; axils shorter than Petioles, filiform; green leaves, Yellow Florets.

Herbs Perennial, stolons slender, gray pubescent, rooting at nodes. Leaves reniform to orbicular, 4-25 mm in Diam. , Apex broadly rounded or EMARGINATE, base broadly cordate, leaf surface minutely hairy, abaxially adnate pubescent, entire; Petiole Long, Petiole Long (1.5)3-6(6) cm. Flowers Solitary; leaf axils, petioles shorter than Petioles, filiform; sepals obovate-oblong to spatulate, obtuse, 2-3 mm long, abaxially and margin hairy; Corolla campanulate, shorter to slightly longer than Calyx, yellow, deeply 5-lobed, Lobes oblong-lanceolate, glabrous; Stamens 5, inserted at Corolla 2 lobules incurved, filaments short, equal in length; ovary sparsely pilose, 2-loculed, with 4 ovules, style 2, stigma capitate. Capsule subglobose, small, shorter than Calyx, ca. 1.5 mm in Diam. , membranous. Seeds 1-2, yellow to Brown, glabrous. Stems slender, leaves reniform to rounded. The positive side of the stem is green, the negative side is purple. The leaves are green. Perennial creeping herb. Stem tender, prostrate extension, 20-60 cm long, surface gray-green or reddish-purple, glabrous or sparsely hairy, young part densely Brown sessile glands, lower internodes short, often issued adventitious roots, middle internodes long 1.5-5(- 10) cm. Leaves Opposite; Petiole 1-3 cm long, glabrous; leaf blade ovoid, suborbicular to nephroid, long (1.5 -)2-6(- 8) cm, 1-4(- 6) cm wide, apex acute or obtuse to rounded, base truncate to shallowly cordate, slightly fleshy, transparent glandular strips visible throughout, glandular strips black when dry, glabrous on both surfaces, with glandular hairs. Flowers solitary in leaf axils: pedicels 1-5 cm long, usually not longer than leaves, pedicels slightly hairy when young, how many with Brown sessile glands; Calyx (4 -)5-7(- 10) mm, 5-parted, divided near base, Lobes Lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate to linear or distally slightly enlarged but subspatulate, apex acute or slightly obtuse, glabrous, pilose or only margin ciliate. Corolla yellow, rotate-campanulate, 7-15 mm long, 5-parted, Basal connate part 2-4 mm long, lobes narrowly ovate to sublanceolate, apex acute or obtuse, with long black glandular strips; Stamens 5, filaments 6-8 mm long, lower half connate tube, anthers ovoid, 1-1.5 mm long; Ovary ovoid, style 6-8 mm. Capsule Globose, 3-5 mm in Diam. , glabrous, with sparse black glandular strips,-valved. Flowering may-july, fruiting July-october.