Steironema ciliatum (Linnaeus) Baudo. Common name: Fringed Loosestrife. Phenology: May-Sep; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Mesic forests, especially bottomlands and coves dominated by hardwoods. Distribution: 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
Other Comments: In his 1597 manual, English herbalist John Gerard wrote about a use of fringed yellow-loosestrife: fresh plants were tucked into the yokes of oxen, "appeasing the strife and unrulinesse which falleth out among oxen at the plough..."
Synonymy ⓘ: = G, Il, S, S13; = Lysimachia ciliata L. — Ar, C, Can, F, Fl5, FNA8, GrPl, GW2, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Coffey & Jones (1980), Estes, Shaw, & Mausert-Mooney (2015). Basionym: Lysimachia ciliata L. 1753
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
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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