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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lysimachia fraseri
FAMILY
Primulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Fraser's Loosestrife at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Potentially the largest and coarsest of our Lysimachia (up to 2 meters tall), L. fraseri usually occurs as much smaller seedlings and non-flowering individuals. When a tree-fall light gap occurs, individuals flower and fruit. Even seedlings can be separated from the more common and widespread L. quadrifolia by the following characteristics (all best observed at 10×): leaves with a narrow, translucent red border, upper internodes of the stem glandular-puberulent, and backlit leaf without sinuous, translucent lineations (L. quadrifolia: leaves without red border, upper internodes sparsely pubescent with longer, nonglandular hairs, or rarely a few of the hairs with slightly bulbous tips, and backlit leaf with numerous sinuous, translucent lineations), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia fraseri
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Lysimachia fraseri
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-005:
Lysimachia fraseri FAMILY Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lysimachia fraseri
COMMON NAME:
Fraser's Loosestrife
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JK Marlow jkm150621_373
June Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
Leaves whorled to opposite distally, lanceolate to elliptic or oblanceolate, per Flora of North America.
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June Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
Leaf venation pinnate-arcuate, per Flora of North America.
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June Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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June Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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July Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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July Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9742
July Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
Corolla lobe margins entire, apex acute to obtuse; filaments connate, per Flora of North America.
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Owen Carson owc_fireworks_1
July Transylvania County NC
Gorges State Park
Inflorescence a terminal panicle subtended by bracts much smallr than stem lvs, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm150822_829
August Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
Leaves have a narrow translucent red border best observed with a 10x lens, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm150822_830
August Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
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August Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
Capsules 3-5mm, not punctate, glabrous, per Flora of North America.
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Sam Pratt sbp_3404
September Spartanburg County SC
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September Spartanburg County SC
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September Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm211018_4403
October Pickens County SC
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October Pickens County SC
Calyx not streaked, 4-6mm, lobes lanceolate, margins darkly thickened, per Flora of North America.
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October Pickens County SC
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October Pickens County SC
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October Pickens County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lysimachia fraseri
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia fraseri
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Lysimachia fraseri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-005:
Lysimachia fraseri
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lysimachia fraseri
888
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Hardwood forests, forest edges and roadbanks, thin soils around rock outcrops, usually flowering only when exposed to extra sunlight by a tree-fall light gap or other canopy opening, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 3-5 (or opposite)
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate to slightly campanulate corolla
5 stamens, united into a conspicuous tube
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a leafy terminal panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p150
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p209
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p298
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p121
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