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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Steironema gramineum
FAMILY
Primulaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia graminea
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lysimachia graminea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Lysimachia graminea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lysimachia graminea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Steironema gramineum
COMMON NAME:
Grassleaf Yellow-loosestrife
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_lysimachia_gr_rtw
June
Mid-cauline leaves 1-2mm wide; flowers 7-14mm across, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Steironema gramineum
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia graminea
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lysimachia graminea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Lysimachia graminea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lysimachia graminea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Steironema gramineum
3737
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia & Alabama
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer
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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