...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Whorled Loosestrife at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lysimachia quadrifolia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia quadrifolia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-006:
Lysimachia quadrifolia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Whorled Loosestrife
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lyqu2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_lyqu2_005_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140420_482
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140420_485
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090510_026
May
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JK Marlow jkm200525_5233
May Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_quadrifolia_2
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_quadrifolia_3
May
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Steve Marlow snm160531_023
May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
A good opportunity to compare Whorled Coreopsis to Whorled Loosestrife!
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Steve Marlow snm160531_026
May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Leaves in whorls of 3-7, usually 4-5, broadly to narrowly lanceolate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
leaves of Indian Cucumberroot, Starry Campion, Whorled Coreopsis and Loosestrife
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Steve Marlow snm160531_027
May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0506o_24
June Swain County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_l_quadrifolia_9645
June Henderson County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Flowers star-shaped, about 1/2" across, marked with red in the center, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm090726_037
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Flowers borne on long slender stalks, one in the axil of each median leaf, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.