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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lysimachia quadrifolia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Whorled Loosestrife at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia quadrifolia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Lysimachia quadrifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-006:
Lysimachia quadrifolia FAMILY Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lysimachia quadrifolia
COMMON NAME:
Whorled Loosestrife
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lyqu2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_lyqu2_005_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140420_482
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140420_485
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090510_026
May
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JK Marlow jkm200525_5233
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210523_0736
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_quadrifolia_2
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_quadrifolia_3
May
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Steve Marlow snm160531_023
May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
A good opportunity to compare Whorled Coreopsis to Whorled Loosestrife!
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Steve Marlow snm160531_026
May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Leaves in whorls of 3-7, usually 4-5, broadly to narrowly lanceolate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
leaves of Indian Cucumberroot, Starry Campion, Whorled Coreopsis and Loosestrife
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Steve Marlow snm160531_027
May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0506o_24
June Swain County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm230609_3968
June Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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Keith Bradley kab_l_quadrifolia_9645
June Henderson County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Flowers star-shaped, about 1/2" across, marked with red in the center, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm090726_037
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Flowers borne on long slender stalks, one in the axil of each median leaf, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm211027_4574
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm211027_4575
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm211027_4589
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lysimachia quadrifolia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia quadrifolia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Lysimachia quadrifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-006:
Lysimachia quadrifolia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lysimachia quadrifolia
891
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: A wide variety of forests and openings, including pine savannas of the outer Coastal Plain, ranging from moist to very dry, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 3-6
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens, united into a conspicuous tube
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p142
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p146
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p118
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p206
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p252
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p266
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p209
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p256
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p062
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p192
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p298
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p106
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p134
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p399
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p121
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p137
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