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Primulaceae
Steironema

not marked as a favorite taxon Steironema quadriflorum (Sims) A.S. Hitchcock. Common name: Smooth Loosestrife, Four-flowered Loosestrife. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Wet meadows and calcareous fens, stream banks, prairie meadows. Distribution: MA, s. ON, MI, and ND south to w. VA, WV, nw. GA, AL, and AR; mainly north and west of the Ohio River, very rare and scattered in or east of the Appalachians. Reported for c. NC by Coffey & Jones (1980), based on 2 specimens; the records seem unlikely.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Il; = Lysimachia quadriflora Sims — Ar, C, Can, F, FNA8, GrPl, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, Va, W, WV, Coffey & Jones (1980), Estes, Shaw, & Mausert-Mooney (2015); = n/a — RAB; = Steironema quadriflora (Sims) Hitchc. — G. Basionym: Lysimachia quadriflora Sims 1803

Links to other floras: = Lysimachia quadriflora - FNA8

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Wetland Indicator Status:

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

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Steironema quadriflorum© Alan Cressler: Lysimachia quadriflora, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Steironema quadriflorum© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷

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