Fringed Loosestrife

Lysimachia ciliata

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Plant Data

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Order:

Ericales

Family:

Primulaceae (Primrose)

Also in this family:

Bird's-eye Primrose, Common Primrose, Cowslip, Creeping Jenny, Dotted Loosestrife, False Oxlip, Japanese Cowslip, Scarlet Pimpernel, Sea Milkwort, Sowbread, Yellow Loosestrife, Yellow Pimpernel

Type:

Flower

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Maximum Size:

120 centimetres tall

Habitats:

Gardens, marshes, swamps, wetland, woodland.

Flower:

Yellow, 5 petals

The flowers are star-shaped or buttercup-like and often nodding, measuring about 1 inch across. The flower stalks are long and slender and arise from the leaf axils. The petals are variable in shape but usually pointed. The centres of the flowers are normally red. Flowers have 5 cream-coloured anthers and a slender style. The sepals are shorter than the petals with 3 to 5 parallel veins.

Fruit:

A green, globular, glossy seed capsule. Many-seeded.

Leaves:

A semi-evergreen perennial flower with narrowly oval pointed leaves, tapering to a point. Leaf bases are rounded. The leaves are opposite along the stems. Leaf margins are sometimes wavy or hairy. Leaf stalks measure up to 5cm long. The leaves are normally green but sometimes can be seen in a purple form.

Other Names:

Fringed Yellow Loosestrife.

Frequency (UK):

Unusual

Similar Species:

Dotted Loosestrife

Distribution Map

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