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Lysimachia asperulifolia
Also called Rough Leaf Loosestrife, Carolina Yellow Loosestrife, Pocosin Loosestrife, Rough Leaved Loosestrife, Roughleaf Loosestrife
Lysimachia asperulifolia (orth. var. L. asperulaefolia) is a rare species of flowering plant in the Primulaceae known by the common name rough-leaved loosestrife and roughleaf yellow loosestrife. It is endemic to the Atlantic coastal plain in North Carolina and northern South Carolina in the United States, where there are 64 known populations. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.
This herb grows in a number of plant communities on the coastal plains of southern North Carolina and northern South Carolina, including pocosins, sandhills, pine flatwoods and pine savannas. It is most commonly found in open areas in the ecotone between longleaf pine uplands and pond pine pocosins. The soil is seasonally wet to waterlogged or submerged, low in nutrients, rich in peat over sandy substrates. The plant is found in sections of these habitat types which, in their pristine state, are openings in a dense layer of shrubs which are kept open by severe periodic wildfires. Fire prevents ecological succession, maintaining a type of ecosystem in which the taller vegetation is kept small and sparse, allowing the herb layer to flourish in the sun.
Lysimachia foemina · Lysimachia minima · Lysimachia monelli · Pimpernel · Scarlet pimpernel · Azorean Loosestrife · Manchurian yellow loosestrife · Fringed loosestrife · Gooseneck yellow loosestrife · Mixed Yellow Loosestrife · Dense Flowered Loosestrife · Lehua makanoe
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lysimachia asperulifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
