NameThatPlant.net: Lysimachia quadrifolia

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lysimachia quadrifolia FAMILY Primulaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia quadrifolia FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-006:

Lysimachia quadrifolia FAMILY Primulaceae

COMMON NAME:
Whorled Loosestrife

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia quadrifolia FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-006:
Lysimachia quadrifolia FAMILY Primulaceae

891

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: A wide variety of forests and openings, including pine savannas of the outer Coastal Plain, ranging from moist to very dry, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 3-6

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens, united into a conspicuous tube
Superior ovary

Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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