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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Steironema ciliatum
FAMILY
Primulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Fringed Loosestrife at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia ciliata
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lysimachia ciliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Lysimachia ciliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lysimachia ciliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-001:
Lysimachia ciliata FAMILY Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Steironema ciliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Steironema ciliatum
COMMON NAME:
Fringed Loosestrife
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_lyci_006_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stci8_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060711_019
July Fayette County WV
Creekside/Riverside
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JK Marlow jkm060711_019b
July Fayette County WV
Petioles ciliate over their entire length, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm060711_028
July Fayette County WV
Creekside/Riverside
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JK Marlow jkm060711_030
July Fayette County WV
Creekside/Riverside
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Penny Longhurst pen_20190730_100403
July Haywood? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Penny Longhurst pen_20220729_120420
July Haywood NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Flowers on slender axillary pedicels, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Penny Longhurst pen_20180814_101158
August Haywood? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Petals unmarked, usually with a single tooth or fringed at the apex, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Penny Longhurst pen_20190812_120803
August Haywood NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Steironema ciliatum
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia ciliata
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lysimachia ciliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Lysimachia ciliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lysimachia ciliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-001:
Lysimachia ciliata
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Steironema ciliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Steironema ciliatum
887
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic forests, especially bottomlands and coves dominated by hardwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens & 5 staminodia, united into a very short tube
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p142
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p146
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p118
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p266
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p254
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p062
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p192
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p298
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p105
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p134
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p121
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