Yellow Loosestrife

Lysimachia vulgaris

Summary 3

Lysimachia vulgaris (Garden Loosestrife, Yellow Loosestrife or Garden Yellow Loosestrife) is a species of herbaceous perennial plants in the genus Lysimachia native to wetlands, damp meadows and forests of Eurasia. It is a 50–150 cm tall plant with an upright habit, blooming from June through August with erect panicles of conspicuous yellow flowers. L. vulgaris is sometimes considered invasive outside of its native range. In Australia growers have now successfully propagated and started growing the white variety...

Range description 4

Lysimachia vulgaris occurs throughout most of Europe east to Russia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and Kashmir and south to North Africa. It has been introduced to North America.

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  1. (c) Amadej Trnkoczy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/32503151@N05/3192164060
  2. (c) Kari Pihlaviita, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6129/5962019520_76fc12fdee.jpg
  3. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysimachia_vulgaris
  4. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34550933

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