Yellow Loosestrife

Lysimachia vulgaris

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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, Fringed Loosestrife, Japanese Cowslip, Scarlet Pimpernel, Sea Milkwort, Sowbread, Yellow Pimpernel

Type:

Flower

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Maximum Size:

150 centimetres tall

Habitats:

Ditches, fens, grassland, marshes, riversides, waterside, woodland.

Flower:

Yellow, 5 petals

Golden yellow cup-shaped flowers, 5 petals.

Fruit:

A shiny, globular capsule.

Leaves:

Evergreen. The light green, broadly linear, unstalked leaves are borne either in opposite pairs or in whorls of 3 or 4. Black or orange dotted. Hairy underneath.

Other Names:

Common Loosestrife, Garden Loosestrife, Willow Herb, Willow Weed, Willow Wort.

Frequency (UK):

Common

Distribution Map

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