Lysimachia quadrifolia - (image 1 of 4)
Taxonomy
Family: Primulaceae
Habitat
Open, moist or dry upland woods.
Associates
Distribution
ME to SC, west to WI, eastern MN, IL, KY, and AL.
Morphology
Herbaceous perennial from long, stoloniform rhizomes; stems 30-90 cm, glabrous or sparsely hairy, rarely branched; leaves mostly in whorls of 4, sometimes more, punctate, narrowly or broadly lanceolate, 5-10 cm long, hairy beneath, widely spreading; flowers on spreading pedicels 2-5 cm long from the middle and upper leaf axils; calyx lobes lance-oblong, 2-4 mm; petals 6-8 mm, oblong or elliptic, yellow with dark lines.
Notes
Flowers May or June
Wetland indicator: FACU
The whorled leaves and axillary flowers distinguish this species from other members of the genus.
References
Gleason, Henry A.
and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States
and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY.
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