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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 25 taxa in the family Primulaceae, Primrose family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Eastern Shooting Star
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Primula meadia FAMILY: Primulaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Dodecatheon meadia ssp. meadia FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dodecatheon meadia 147-01-001 FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Rich forests, woodlands, and rock outcrops (primarily calcareous or mafic), especially with nutrient-rich seepage, prairies, bluffs
Uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fringed Loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Steironema ciliatum FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lysimachia ciliata FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lysimachia ciliata 147-02-001 FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Mesic forests, especially bottomlands and coves dominated by hardwoods
Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Loosestrife, Appalachian Loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Steironema tonsum FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lysimachia tonsa FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lysimachia tonsa 147-02-002 FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Moist to dry upland forests, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks
Uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Steironema lanceolatum FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lysimachia lanceolata FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lysimachia lanceolata var. lanceolata 147-02-003a FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Mesic to relatively dry forests, mafic and calcareous fens, bogs, forest edges, roadbanks, primarily on circumneutral soils
Common in GA Mountains (rare in Coastal Plain) (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Lowland Loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Steironema hybridum FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lysimachia hybrida FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lysimachia lanceolata var. hybrida 147-02-003b FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Mesic hardwood forests, sinkhole and depression ponds, wet meadows, other wet areas
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Grassleaf Yellow-loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Steironema gramineum FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lysimachia graminea FAMILY: Primulaceae
Rare
Native to Georgia & Alabama
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Common Name:
Prairie Loosestrife, Four-flower Loosestrife, Smooth Loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Steironema quadriflorum FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lysimachia quadriflora FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Wet meadows and calcareous fens, stream banks, prairie meadows
Rare
Native to Georgia & possibly North Carolina
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Common Name:
Moneywort, Creeping Jenny, Creeping Charlie
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lysimachia nummularia FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lysimachia nummularia FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lysimachia nummularia 147-02-004 FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Lawns, pastures, seepages, other moist, disturbed places
Common (rare in GA Piedmont & GA Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Fraser's Loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lysimachia fraseri FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lysimachia fraseri FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lysimachia fraseri 147-02-005 FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Hardwood forests, forest edges and roadbanks, thin soils around rock outcrops, usually flowering only when exposed to extra sunlight by a tree-fall light gap or other canopy opening
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Garden Loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lysimachia vulgaris FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lysimachia vulgaris FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Disturbed bottomlands, marshes, disturbed areas
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Whorled Loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lysimachia quadrifolia FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lysimachia quadrifolia FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lysimachia quadrifolia 147-02-006 FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: A wide variety of forests and openings, including pine savannas of the outer Coastal Plain, ranging from moist to very dry
Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Swamp Candles, Bog-candles, Bog Loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lysimachia terrestris FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lysimachia terrestris FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lysimachia terrestris 147-02-007 FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Bogs, wet meadows, and swamp forests
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Loosestrife, Loomis's Loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lysimachia loomisii FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lysimachia loomisii FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lysimachia loomisii 147-02-008 FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Moist to wet savannas, pocosin ecotones
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (historically in GA, but not recently seen)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pocosin Loosestrife, "Roughleaf Loosestrife"
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lysimachia asperulifolia FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lysimachia asperulifolia FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lysimachia asperulaefolia 147-02-009 FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Low pocosins, high pocosins, streamhead pocosins, savanna-pocosin ecotones, sandhill-pocosin ecotones
Rare in Carolina Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Gooseneck Loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lysimachia clethroides FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lysimachia clethroides FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Roadsides (cultivated and rarely persistent or escaped)
Waif(s)
Non-native: Japan
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Common Name: Spotted Loosestrife, Dotted Loosestrife, Large Loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lysimachia punctata FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lysimachia punctata FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Waif(s)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Northern Starflower, Maystar
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trientalis borealis FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trientalis borealis ssp. borealis FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Northern hardwood forests, rich slope forests, often in second-growth areas
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Scarlet Pimpernel, Poor Man's Weatherglass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Anagallis arvensis FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Anagallis arvensis ssp. arvensis FAMILY: Primulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Anagallis arvensis 147-03-001 FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Lawns, fields, disturbed areas
Common in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Chaffweed, False-pimpernel
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Centunculus minimus FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Anagallis minima FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Centunculus minimus 147-04-001 FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Ditches, wet disturbed areas, pine savannas, pond margins
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Water-pimpernel, Brookweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Samolus parviflorus FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Samolus parviflorus 147-05-001 FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Stream banks, tidal freshwater and oligohaline marshes, pools in floodplains, calcareous seepage swamps, interdune ponds
Common in Coastal Plain, common in Piedmont of GA & SC (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Featherfoil, Water-violet
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hottonia inflata FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hottonia inflata FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hottonia inflata 147-06-001 FAMILY: Primulaceae
Habitat: Slow-moving or stagnant waters of swamps, millponds, beaverponds, sag ponds, oxbows, rivers, probably dispersed by waterfowl, primarily in the Coastal Plain, very rarely in the Piedmont and Mountains
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Coral Ardisia, Hen's Eyes, Coralberry, Marlberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ardisia crenata FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ardisia crenata FAMILY: Myrsinaceae
Habitat: Moist suburban forests, floodplains, mesic flatwoods, moist forests
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
Non-native: Asia
Common Name: Japanese Ardisia, Marlberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ardisia japonica FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ardisia japonica FAMILY: Myrsinaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Non-native: Asia
Common Name: Shoebutton Ardisia
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ardisia elliptica FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ardisia elliptica FAMILY: Myrsinaceae
Habitat: Hammocks, suburban woodlands
Non-native: Asia
Common Name: China-shrub
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ardisia solanacea FAMILY: Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ardisia solanacea FAMILY: Myrsinaceae
Habitat: Disturbed hammocks
Non-native: Asia
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