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Read more about Pocosin Loosestrife at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

The leaves of L. asperulifolia are not rough; the common name ‘roughleaf loosestrife’ is a misnomer, based on a mistranslation of the specific epithet, the translator erroneously assuming that ‘asperulifolia’ meant ‘rough-leaved’. The epithet actually refers to the perceived similarity of the leaves to those of the European Asperula odorata (treated in this work as Galium odoratum)..., per Weakley's Flora (2022).

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia asperulifolia   FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Lysimachia asperulifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-009:

Lysimachia asperulaefolia   FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lysimachia asperulaefolia

COMMON NAME:
Pocosin Loosestrife, "Roughleaf Loosestrife"

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Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_l_asperulaefolia_1

May    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Whorls... of sessile, rounded-based, acuminate leaves on an unbranched stem, per Weakley's Flora.

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_l_asperulaefolia_2

June    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia asperulifolia   FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Lysimachia asperulifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-009:
Lysimachia asperulaefolia   FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lysimachia asperulaefolia