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Photographer: Keir Morse
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Family Primulaceae
Lysimachia ciliata L.
fringed loosestrife
Lysimachia: probably for Greek king Lysimachus or maybe from Greek lysis for "a release from" and mache for "fighting or strife"
ciliata: cilium for "small hairs;" fringed with hair
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 10"-50" tall forb; slender, long, creeping rhizomes |
| Flower: | yellow with a rusty- red "eye", 5-parted, 1/3"-1" wide, stalked; sepal lobes with 3-5 parallel, reddish-brown veins; stamens distinct; solitary in the upper leaf axils; blooms June-July |
| Leaf: | not basal, opposite, not dotted, broad, with hairs along the entire stalk |
| Habitat: | sun, shade; moist to wet; woods, streambanks |
| (Glossary) |
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