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Whorled Yellow Loosestrife

Lysimachia quadrifolia

Photo by ForestDragon
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Description:

Native to the Eastern US and Canada, the Whorled Yellow Loosetrife is an attractive plant with whorls of ovate green leaves. Small, five petaled yellow flowers with reddish centers are produced on long stalks at the leaf base of each whorl.

Habitat:

Temperate forest. Rockwood Park, Virginia.

Notes:

https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/whorled-loosestrife

Reference Links:

Lysimachia quadrifolia, Plants Profile for Lysimachia quadrifolia (whorled yellow loosestrife)

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