Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

2535
Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Myrsinaceae
Lysimachia asperulifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Primulaceae
Lysimachia asperulifolia

ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Primulaceae
147-02-009
Lysimachia asperulaefolia

Common Name:
Pocosin Loosestrife, "Roughleaf Loosestrife"

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas
Rare (US Endangered, NC Endangered, SC Rare)
Documented growing wild in - NC SC

Look for it in low pocosins, high pocosins, streamhead pocosins, savanna-pocosin ecotones, sandhill-pocosin ecotones, per Weakley's Flora



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Leaves:
Simple
Whorls of 3-4

Flower:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens, united into a conspicuous tube
Superior ovary

Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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"Modern botanical classification groups plants by sexual (reproductive) characteristics, but there are other ways to group plants. Native American tribes classify plants by directions of north, south, east, and west. The Cherokee further classify plants by their function — thus there are warrior plants such as brambles and poison ivy, and scout plants such as poplar and plantain." — Joyce A. Wardwell, The Herbal Home Remedy Book