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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
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
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
Petals unmarked, usually with a single tooth or fringed at the apex, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm060711_019b
July Fayette County WV
Petioles ciliate over their entire length, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm060711_028
July Fayette County WV
Creekside/Riverside
Flowers on slender axillary pedicels, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm060711_030
July Fayette County WV
Creekside/Riverside
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Steironema ciliatum
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia ciliata
FAMILY
Primulaceae
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain)
Habitat: Mesic forests, especially bottomlands and coves dominated by hardwoods, per Weakley's Flora
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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 p142
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p146
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p118
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p266
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p254
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p062
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p143
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p192
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p105
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p134
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p121