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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Steironema hybridum
FAMILY
Primulaceae
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Read more about Lowland Loosestrife at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia hybrida
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lysimachia hybrida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Lysimachia hybrida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lysimachia hybrida
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-003b:
Lysimachia lanceolata var. hybrida FAMILY Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Steironema hybridum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Steironema hybridum
COMMON NAME:
Lowland Loosestrife
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Steironema hybridum
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia hybrida
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lysimachia hybrida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Lysimachia hybrida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lysimachia hybrida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-003b:
Lysimachia lanceolata var. hybrida
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Steironema hybridum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Steironema hybridum
3303
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic hardwood forests, sinkhole and depression ponds, wet meadows, other wet areas, 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.
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!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p368
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p456
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p254
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p122
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