Samolus repens

Samolus repens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Samolaceae
Genus:	Samolus
Species:	S. repens
Binomial name
Samolus repens (G.Forst.) Pers.

Samolus repens is a species of water pimpernel native to Australia, New Zealand and adjacent Pacific islands, and South America (South Chile),^[1] where it is common in temperate and subtropic coastlines. This species has small white or occasionally pink flowers with a flowering period from September through to March or April. Its common name is Creeping Bushweed.

Synonyms

The species was first described by Georg Forster in 1776 and placed in the genus Samolus in 1805 by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon.^[1] The following synonyms exist:^[1][2]

• Lysimachia sedoides Lehm.
• Samolus ambiguus R.Brown
• S. eremaeus Jacobs
• S. littoralis R.Brown
• S. platyphyllos F.Muell.
• S. repens var. ambiguus (R.Brown) Benth.
• S. repens var. incana (Labill.) Duby in DC
• S. repens var. floribundus Benth.
• S. repens var. paucifolius Benth.
• S. repens var. procumbens Knuth
• S. repens var. strictus Cock.
• Sheffieldia repens Forst.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Crusio W.E. (1982). "Het geslacht Samolus L." (in Dutch). Communications of the Dutch Waterplant Society 2: 13–25. 
2. ^ Crusio W.E. (1984). "Notes on the genus Samolus L. (Primulaceae)". Communications of the Dutch Waterplant Society 6: 13–16. 

External links

• Online Field Guide to Common Saltmarsh Plants of Queensland