North Carolina Wildflowers

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Myrsinaceae > Lysimachia (Loosestrife)

Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia) Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia)
Buncombe Co., NC
8 July 2006

Common in various habitats in the mountains and piedmont of NC.

Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia) Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia)
Buncombe Co., NC
8 July 2006

Swamp Candles, Swamp Loosestrife, Yellow Loosestrife, Earth Loosestrife (Lysimachia terrestris) Swamp Candles, Swamp Loosestrife, Yellow Loosestrife, Earth Loosestrife (Lysimachia terrestris)
Alleghany Co., NC
1 July 2006

Statewide but uncommon in NC in swamps and other wet soils habitats.

Swamp Candles, Swamp Loosestrife, Yellow Loosestrife, Earth Loosestrife (Lysimachia terrestris) Swamp Candles, Swamp Loosestrife, Yellow Loosestrife, Earth Loosestrife (Lysimachia terrestris)
Alleghany Co., NC
1 July 2006

Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata) Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)
Alleghany Co., NC
1 July 2006

Statewide and fairly common in NC in bottomlands and various mesic forested habitats.

Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata) Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)
Alleghany Co., NC
1 July 2006

Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata) Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)
Alleghany Co., NC
1 July 2006


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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