NameThatPlant.net: Lysimachia vulgaris

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lysimachia vulgaris FAMILY Primulaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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Garden Loosestrife may be confused with a less-aggressive look-alike, Spotted Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata), but that produces single or small clusters of larger flowers in its leaf axils, rather than in a terminal panicle. Read more in the Oregon Department of Agriculture's Plant Pest Risk Assessment.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia vulgaris FAMILY Primulaceae

COMMON NAME:
Garden Loosestrife

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lysimachia vulgaris FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia vulgaris FAMILY Primulaceae

3897

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed bottomlands, marshes, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Whorled, opposite or subopposite

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming dense stands

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow sometimes with reddish-brown centers
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

Flowers in terminal or axillary panicles

FRUIT:
Summer?
Capsule

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