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Lysimachia terrestris (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg. Bog Loosestrife, Bog-candles, Swamp-candles. Phen: May-Jul; Aug-Oct. Hab: Bogs, wet meadows, and swamp forests. Dist: NL (Newfoundland) west to MN and SK, south to SC, GA, e. TN, and sc. TN.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, FNA8, G, GW2, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Va, W, WV; > Lysimachia terrestris (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. var. ovata (Rand & Redfield) Fernald – F; > Lysimachia terrestris (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. var. terrestris – F

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Wetland Indicator Status:

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

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of bogs, wet meadows and swamp forests.

Stems: Stems simple or loosely branched, very leafy, smooth; cone-shaped, red bulblets develop in leaf axils late in the season.

Leaves: Leaves opposite to sub-opposite (rarely alternate), petioled to sessile, elliptic to lance-shaped and tapered at both ends, 1 1/2-4 in. long, with slightly down-rolled margins, minutely black-dotted and smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in erect, crowded, terminal raceme 4-12 in. long, each flower borne on an ascending stalk; yellow; 1/2-3/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 elliptic-oblong petals streaked/dotted with black and bearing a pair of red patches at the base, 5 oval to lance-shaped sepals, 5 stamens joined together at the base into a light-green ring (glandular on the outside) and a green ovary with single style.

Fruits: Fruit a round to oval capsule.

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Height: 1-3 ft.

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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of bogs, wet meadows and swamp forests.

stems: Stems simple or loosely branched, very leafy, smooth; cone-shaped, red bulblets develop in leaf axils late in the season.

leaves: Leaves opposite to sub-opposite (rarely alternate), petioled to sessile, elliptic to lance-shaped and tapered at both ends, 1 1/2-4 in. long, with slightly down-rolled margins, minutely black-dotted and smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in erect, crowded, terminal raceme 4-12 in. long, each flower borne on an ascending stalk; yellow; 1/2-3/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 elliptic-oblong petals streaked/dotted with black and bearing a pair of red patches at the base, 5 oval to lance-shaped sepals, 5 stamens joined together at the base into a light-green ring (glandular on the outside) and a green ovary with single style.

fruits: Fruit a round to oval capsule.

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