Spoonleaf yellow loosestrifePrimulaceae (Primrose family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (Niihau, Kauai, Molokai, Maui, n.w. Hawaii Island)Uncommon to rareOahu (Cultivated)Habitwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4756849016/in/photolist-...EtymologyThe generic name Lysimachia is derived from the Greek lysis, release from, and mache, strife. Tradition relates that when Lysimachus, King of Thrace in Asia Minor (306-281 BCE), was chased by a bull he waved a plant of this genus to pacify the animal, thus releasing himself from strife. The common name for plants in this genus is loosestrife.The specific epithet mauritiana refers to the island of Mauritius.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Lysimachia_mauritiana
close up image of Lysimachia quadriflora NARROW-LEAVED LOOSESTRIFE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a single flower at full bloom showing spotted, streaked petals, anthers, and stigma