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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Steironema quadriflorum
FAMILY
Primulaceae
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Read more about Four-flower Loosestrife at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia quadriflora
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Steironema quadriflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Steironema quadriflora
COMMON NAME:
Prairie Loosestrife, Four-flower Loosestrife, Smooth Loosestrife
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_lyqu_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stqu_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_quadriflora_2
June
Leaves stiff, ascending, linear. Flowers concentrated mostly in upper plant, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Steironema quadriflorum
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia quadriflora
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Steironema quadriflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Steironema quadriflora
3302
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia & possibly North Carolina
Rare
Habitat: Wet meadows and calcareous fens, stream banks, prairie meadows, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens & 5 very short staminodia
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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