Steironema radicans (Hooker) A. Gray. Common name: Trailing Loosestrife. Phenology: (May-) Jun-Sep. Habitat: Moist forests, swamps, marshes, eastwards in mountain sinkhole ponds and interdunal ponds. Distribution: The main distribution of this species is in the Mississippi Embayment, from MO and w. TN south to MS, AR, LA, and e. TX; disjunct occurrences in e. and w. VA and e. NC are curious.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = G, Il, S, S13; = Lysimachia radicans Hook. — Ar, C, F, FNA8, K4, Mo3, Tn, Tx, Va, W, Coffey & Jones (1980), Estes, Shaw, & Mausert-Mooney (2015); = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Lysimachia radicans Hook. 1836
Links to other floras: = Lysimachia radicans - FNA8
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (name change)
- Great Plains: FACW (name change)
- Midwest: OBL (name change)
Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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