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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lysimachia asperulifolia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pocosin Loosestrife at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia asperulifolia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-009:
Lysimachia asperulaefolia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Pocosin Loosestrife, "Roughleaf Loosestrife"
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_l_asperulaefolia_1
May Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Whorls... of sessile, rounded-based, acuminate leaves on an unbranched stem, per Weakley's Flora.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_l_asperulaefolia_2
June Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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) 147-02-009:
Lysimachia asperulaefolia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
2535
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Rare, endemic to NC-SC Coastal Plain
Look for it in low pocosins, high pocosins, streamhead pocosins, savanna-pocosin ecotones, sandhill-pocosin ecotones, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 3-4
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens, united into a conspicuous tube
Superior ovary
Flowers in a terminal raceme
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!