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 Fringed
Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
From
Missouri Plants
Family - Primulaceae
Stems - To +80cm tall, herbaceous, erect, 4-angled,
glabrous or with glandular pubescence at upper nodes, multiple from base, simple
to branching above, rhizomatous.
Leaves - Opposite, petiolate, decussate. Petioles
slightly winged by decurrent leaf tissue, to +3cm long. Wings -1mm broad,
ciliate-margined. Blade ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, rounded
to cuneate at base, to +11cm long, +4cm broad, glabrous, minutely serrulate on
margins.
Inflorescence - Axillary pedunculate flowers, from
upper leaf axils. Peduncles to +4cm long, glandular-puberulent. Flowers nodding.
Flowers - Corolla yellow, deeply 5-lobed, glandular
externally, slightly orange to reddish at base. Corolla tube to +1mm long. Lobes
to 1.3cm long, 1cm broad,
Flowering - May - July.
Habitat - Moist low woods, wet prairies,
streambanks, pond margins.
Origin - Native to U.S.
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