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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Lysimachia quadrifolia
Phenology Observation Sheet for Wildflowers and Herbs

COMMON NAME

Whorled loosestrife

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Lysimachia quadrifolia

ALSO KNOWN AS

Whorled yellow loosestrife, Crosswort

Plant family

Primrose (Primulaceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

Found in most of the Eastern states, this wildflower prefers moist soils and can grow up to 3 feet tall.
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OBSERVERS
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OBSERVATIONS
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Identification hints

Small yellow flowers have 5 petals.  Each flower grows on a stalk extending from each of the leaf whorls. 
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Named for the way sets of leaves radiate out from the stem at intermittent points, Whorled loosestrife is beneficial to native bees.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alabama , Connecticut , District of Columbia , Delaware , Georgia , Illinois , Indiana , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Minnesota , North Carolina , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia , Vermont , Wisconsin , West Virginia
HABITAT
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