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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Steironema quadriflorum   FAMILY Primulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia quadriflora   FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lysimachia quadriflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lysimachia quadriflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Steironema quadriflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Lysimachia quadriflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Steironema quadriflora

 

COMMON NAME:
Prairie Loosestrife, Four-flower Loosestrife, Smooth Loosestrife


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image of Steironema quadriflorum, Prairie Loosestrife, Four-flower Loosestrife, Smooth Loosestrife

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_lyqu_003_lvd

        

image of Steironema quadriflorum, Prairie Loosestrife, Four-flower Loosestrife, Smooth Loosestrife

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_stqu_001_lvd

        

image of Steironema quadriflorum, Prairie Loosestrife, Four-flower Loosestrife, Smooth Loosestrife

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_l_quadriflora_2

June        

Leaves stiff, ascending, linear. Flowers concentrated mostly in upper plant, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Steironema quadriflorum   FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia quadriflora   FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lysimachia quadriflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lysimachia quadriflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Steironema quadriflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lysimachia quadriflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Steironema quadriflora

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3302

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet meadows and calcareous fens, stream banks, prairie meadows, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia & possibly North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens & 5 very short staminodia
Superior ovary

Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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