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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Primulaceae
Lysimachia terrestris (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
bulbil loosestrife, swamp-candles, swamp loosestrife
Lysimachia: probably for Greek king Lysimachus or maybe from Greek lysis for "a release from" and mache for "fighting or strife"
terrestris: in Latin means "on land"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-32" tall forb; stems smooth, often branched; roots long, creeping on or near the surface of the ground |
| Flower: | yellow with a rusty- red "eye" and marked with dark lines, 5-parted, 1/3"-1/2" wide; inflorescence usually one 4"-12", many-flowered, branched cluster (cyme); blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | elongated bulblets form in the leaf axils late in the season |
| Leaf: | narrowly lance-like, opposite, dotted |
| Habitat: | wet; bogs, shores, shallows |
| (Glossary) |
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