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Lysimachia terrestris
Also called Swamp Candles, Lake Loosestrife, Bog Loosestrife, Swamp Loosestrife, Bulblet Loosestrife, Swamp Yellow Loosestrife
Lysimachia terrestris (swamp candles, lake loosestrife or earth loosestrife) is a plant in the family Primulaceae.
Lysimachia terrestris grows in swamps and at the edges of ponds and lakes in the Eastern United States and in Eastern Canada. It is also found in the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and in British Columbia. It is listed as endangered in Tennessee and Kentucky.
Lysimachia foemina · Lysimachia minima · Lysimachia monelli · Pimpernel · Scarlet pimpernel · Roughleaf yellow loosestrife · Azorean Loosestrife · Manchurian yellow loosestrife · Fringed loosestrife · Gooseneck yellow loosestrife · Mixed Yellow Loosestrife · Dense Flowered Loosestrife
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lysimachia terrestris 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.
