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Steironema ciliatum (Linnaeus) Baudo. Fringed Loosestrife. Phen: May-Sep; Aug-Oct. Hab: Mesic forests, especially bottomlands and coves dominated by hardwoods. Dist: NL (Newfoundland) west to AK, south to GA, Panhandle FL, AL, MS, AR, KS, NE, CO, NM, UT, ID, and OR.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = G, Il, S; = Lysimachia ciliata L. – Ar, C, F, Fl5, FNA8, GrPl, GW2, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Coffey & Jones (1980), Estes, Shaw, & Mausert-Mooney (2015)

Links to other floras: = Lysimachia ciliata - FNA8

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACW (name change)
  • Midwest: FACW (name change)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of moist forests, especially bottomlands and coves dominated by hardwoods.

Stems: Stems slender or stout, usually branched, smooth or hairy only at nodes.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, oval to lance-shaped and rounded at the base, 1 1/2-6 in. long, with a fringe of hairs on margins and on petiole.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers typically in whorls of 4 (may be solitary), nodding on long stalks from leaf axils; yellow; to 1 in. wide; consisting of 5 spreading, oval petals with red bases, sharply pointed tips and lightly fringed margins. The 5 sepals have reddish veins.

Fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.

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Height: 1-4 ft.

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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of moist forests, especially bottomlands and coves dominated by hardwoods.

stems: Stems slender or stout, usually branched, smooth or hairy only at nodes.

leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, oval to lance-shaped and rounded at the base, 1 1/2-6 in. long, with a fringe of hairs on margins and on petiole.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers typically in whorls of 4 (may be solitary), nodding on long stalks from leaf axils; yellow; to 1 in. wide; consisting of 5 spreading, oval petals with red bases, sharply pointed tips and lightly fringed margins. The 5 sepals have reddish veins.

fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.

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