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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Primulaceae
Lysimachia thyrsiflora L.
swamp loosestrife, tufted loosestrife
Lysimachia: probably for Greek king Lysimachus or maybe from Greek lysis for "a release from" and mache for "fighting or strife"
thyrsiflora: flowers in a thyrse (stalks multiply branched)
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1' -2 1/2' tall forb; roots long, creeping on or near the surface of the ground |
| Flower: | yellow, 6-parted, 1/3" wide, petals linear with black marks, separate stamens nearly twice as long as the petals; inflorescence a few, 1/3"-1 1/4" tall, dense, short, rounded clusters (racemes) on stalks spreading from the middle leaf axils; blooms May-July |
| Leaf: | narrowly lance-like to linear, dotted |
| Habitat: | wet; bogs, marshes, shallows |
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