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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Primulaceae
Lysimachia X commixta Fernald
loosestrife
Lysimachia: probably for Greek king Lysimachus or maybe from Greek lysis for "a release from" and mache for "fighting or strife"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-32" tall forb; stems smooth, often branched; roots long, creeping on or near surface of ground |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted; inflorescence numerous branched, many-flowered clusters from the middle leaf axils and terminal; blooms June-Aug. |
| Leaf: | narrowly lance-like, opposite, dotted |
| Habitat: | wet; bogs, shores, shallows |
| Notes: | propagates vegetatively; sometimes occurs without either parent |
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