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Lysimachia lanceolata - (image 1 of 4)

Taxonomy

Family: Primulaceae

Habitat

Moist or wet woods and prairies.

Associates

Distribution

NJ and PA to northern FL, west to WI, IA, MO, and eastern TX.

Morphology

Herbaceous perennial from long, slender, stoloniform, superficial rhizomes; stems 20-90 cm, the lateral branches scarcely exceeding the subtending leaves; lower cauline leaves ovate to obovate, petiolate; principal leaves linear to lanceolate or narrowly oblong, to 15 cm long, often folded along the midrib, paler beneath, scabrellous on the margins or ciliate near the base, gradually tapering below, the petiole often not distinct from the blade; calyx lobes firm, 4-7 mm, the lateral veins obscure or hidden; corolla lobes 5-10 mm long and a little less wide; fruit 2-4.5 mm thick. 

Notes

Flowers June to August

Wetland indicator: FAC

Lysimachia hybrida is similar in appearance but has a short, stout, freely rooting rhizome rather than long, slender, stoloniform rhizomes. It also has leaves that are about the same color below as above rather than the paler leaf undersurfaces of L. lanceolata.

References

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.

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