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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Primulaceae
Lysimachia lanceolata Walter
lance-leaved loosestrife
Lysimachia: probably for Greek king Lysimachus or maybe from Greek lysis for "a release from" and mache for "fighting or strife"
lanceolata: lance-shaped
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 3"-24" tall forb; roots long, slender, creeping on or near the surface of the ground |
| Flower: | yellow with a rusty-red "eye", 5-parted, 1/3"-3/4" wide; solitary from the leaf axils; blooms June-July |
| Leaf: | lower stem leaves oval and stalked; main leaves 6" long by 1/2" wide, often folded along the middle, paler beneath, not dotted, tapering to the stalk |
| Habitat: | moist to wet; woods, prairies |
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