Lysimachia glutinosa

Description:

Kokee yellow loosestrifePrimulaceae (Primrose family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kokee, Kauai)Oahu (Cultivated)Flowers have a sweet fragrance.Flower (another perspective)www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4744006495/in/photostream/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 glutinosa, meaning sticky, is appropriately named for its sticky flowers, buds, and new leaves.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Lysimachia_glutinosa