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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lysimachia terrestris
FAMILY
Primulaceae
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Read more about Swamp Candles at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia terrestris
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Lysimachia terrestris
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-007:
Lysimachia terrestris FAMILY Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lysimachia terrestris
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Candles, Bog-candles, Bog Loosestrife
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lyte2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0507f_23
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Flwrs in terminal raceme, all subtended by linear bracts smaller than stem lvs, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0507f_32
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
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JK Marlow jkm0507g_08
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Plants to 3' tall, with 1/2" flowers in a slender, erect raceme to 1' long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm0507g_08b
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Leaves glabrous & tapered to both ends, margins revolute (often only slightly), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm070702_095
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lysimachia terrestris
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia terrestris
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Lysimachia terrestris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-007:
Lysimachia terrestris
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lysimachia terrestris
2009
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, wet meadows, and swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite, subopposite, or rarely alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens, united into a conspicuous tube
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a terminal raceme, flowers borne in axils of small linear bracts
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- 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) p255
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p106
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p135
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p121
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