Lysimachia ciliata - (image 1 of 3)
Taxonomy
Family: Primulaceae
Habitat
Moist to wet ground. In sun or shade.
Associates
Distribution
Most of the U.S. and southern Canada.
Morphology
Rhizomatous perennial. Leaves opposite, ovate to lanceolate, sessile, rounded at the base; petioles ciliate. Flowers yellow, solitary in the upper leaf axils, pedunculate, 5-parted.
Notes
Flowers June to August.
Wetland indicator: Facultative Wetland
There are some purple-leaved cultivars of this plant.
Bibliography
Gleason, Henry A.
and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States
and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY.
Swink, F. and G.
Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
USDA, NRCS. 2002. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov).
National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
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