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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Primulaceae
Lysimachia punctata L.
garden loosestrife, large yellow loosestrife, spotted loosestrife
Lysimachia: probably for Greek king Lysimachus or maybe from Greek lysis for "a release from" and mache for "fighting or strife"
punctata: Latin meaning generally "dotted"
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| Status: | Introduced - rarely escaped |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, to 3' tall forb, rarely branched, hairy; roots long, creeping on or near the surface of the ground |
| Flower: | 5-parted, 1"-1 1/4" wide, stalks 1/3"-3/4" long; solitary from the leaf whorl's axils |
| Leaf: | usually in whorls of 3 or 4, occasionally only opposite, lance-like, dotted |
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