Lysimachia vulgaris

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 146. 1753 ,.

Common names: Garden loosestrife lysimaque commune
WeedyIntroduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 318. Mentioned on page 310.

Stems erect, simple or branched, 1–12 (–25) dm, pubescent and sometimes obscurely stipitate-glandular distally; rhizomes thickened; bulblets absent. Leaves whorled, opposite, or subopposite; petiole 0.1–0.6 cm, eciliate; blade lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 7–12 × 1.5–4 cm, base truncate, obtuse, or cuneate, sometimes slightly decurrent, margins entire or sometimes sinuate, slightly revolute or plane, eciliolate, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces obscurely punctate apically or along margins, pubescent abaxially and sometimes sparsely stipitate-glandular adaxially; venation pinnate to reticulate. Inflorescences terminal or terminal and axillary in distal leaves, panicles, 2–8 cm. Pedicels 2–7 mm, pubescent and sometimes also stipitate-glandular. Flowers: sepals 5, calyx streaked with longitudinal maroon resin canals along margins, 2.5–5 mm, pubescent and stipitate-glandular near margins, lobes ovate, margins thin or slightly thickened; petals 5, corolla yellow, sometimes with reddish base, not streaked, rotate, 8–12 mm, lobes with margins entire, apex acute to rounded, stipitate-glandular adaxially; filaments connate 1.5–2.2 mm, shorter than corolla; staminodes absent. Capsules (somewhat reddened distally), 3.5–6 mm, not punctate, glabrous. 2n = 28, 42, 56, 84 (Europe).


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Gravelly stream banks, wet roadsides
Elevation: 0-300 m

Distribution

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Introduced; B.C., N.B., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Colo., Conn., Ill., Ind., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Mont., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Vt., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Europe

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Lysimachia vulgaris"
84 +, 56 +, 42 +  and 28 +
stipitate-glandular +
acute +  and rounded +
Anita F. Cholewa +
Linnaeus +
decurrent +, cuneate +, obtuse +  and truncate +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
sculpted +  and entire +
lanceolate;lanceolate-ovate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
indistinguishable +
stipitate-glandular +  and pubescent +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Garden loosestrife +  and lysimaque commune +
not streaked;yellow +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
B.C. +, N.B. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Mont. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +  and Europe +
0-300 m +
curved +  and straight +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
globose +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Gravelly stream banks, wet roadsides +
nectariferous +
monomorphic +
subopposite +, opposite +  and whorled +
entire +  and sometimes +
stipitate-glandular +, ciliolate +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
plane +, revolute +  and sinuate +
thickened +  and thin +
tenuinucellate +  and bitegmic +
anatropous;campylotropous +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
stipitate-glandular +  and pubescent +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
connate;proximally nearly distinct +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Flowering summer. +
3-5-carpellate +
winged +  and margined +
reddish-brown +, brown +, black +  and shiny +
smooth;roughened +
ovoid +  and obconic or trigonous or more or less hemispheric +
whitish +  and pinkish +
Weedy +  and Introduced +
epipetalous +  and antipetalous +
branched +  and simple +
stipitate-glandular +  and pubescent +
usually capitate;truncate +
rudimentary +
pinnate +  and reticulate +
along margins +  and punctate +
stipitate-glandular +  and pubescent +
Lysimachia vulgaris +
Lysimachia +
species +
annual +  and perennial +
stipitate-glandular +  and glabrous +