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Primulaceae
Lysimachia

not marked as a favorite taxon Lysimachia maritima (Linnaeus) Galasso, Banfi, & Soldano. Common name: Sea-milkwort. Phenology: Jun-Jul. Habitat: Saline coastal habitats. Distribution: The species is interruptedly circumboreal, in North America from QC south to MD on the east coast, and from BC south to OR on the west coast, also inland in w. North America, from SK south to NM. Gleason & Cronquist (1952) suggested that L. maritima is introduced near its southern limit in the east.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA8, K4, NE; = Glaux maritima L. — C, GrPl, Tat; > Glaux maritima L. var. maritima — F, G; > Glaux maritima L. var. obtusifolia Fernald — F. Basionym: Glaux maritima L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Lysimachia maritima - FNA8

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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