Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)
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Native
Family:
Primulaceae (Primrose)
Height: 1 to 4 ft.
Blooms: June to
August
Leaf Type:
toothed
Bloom Size: 0.75 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Flat or rounded clusters,
Regular blooms, 5 parts
Location: Kane Woods
Date: 7/14/2016
Notes:
Flowers often nodding.
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Fringed Loosestrife may be
easily confused with:
- Garden Loosestrife
Flowers on garden loosestrive are more densely clustered, and the stem is hairy.
- Swamp Candles
Flowers of Swamp Candles are crowded close to the stalk, forming a more obvious cluster than fringed loosestrife. Fringed loosestrife nods pronouncedly.
- Whorled Loosestrife
Whorled loosestrife flowers occur in whorls of 3 to 6, most typically 5 or 6. Fringed loosestrife petals are fringed or slightly toothed, and generally have fewer flowers to a whorl. Fringed loosestrife nods more severly than whorled loosestrife.
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
