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Lysimachia vulgaris
Also called Garden yellow loosestrife, Garden Loosestrife, Golden Loosestrife, Loosestrife, Willow Weed, Willowwort, Willow Wort
Yellow loosestrife is a tall, downy, semi-evergreen perennial with upright spikes of yellow flowers, native to Eurasia and grown in gardens. It does best in moist soil, and it can spread aggressively by rhizomes, so it needs room or containment.
Lysimachia vulgaris, the yellow loosestrife or garden loosestrife, is a species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It was transferred to Myrsinoideae based on results of molecular phylogenetic research before being merged into the Primulaceae.
L. vulgaris is native to Eurasia, as far West as Ireland where it is frequent to locally common, and North Africa. It has been introduced to North America, where it is considered an exotic introduction, for its ornamental value in gardens. It grows best in moist habitats such as fens and wet woodlands as well as on lakesides and riverbanks.
Lysimachia monelli · Pimpernel · Scarlet pimpernel · Manchurian yellow loosestrife · Fringed loosestrife · Gooseneck yellow loosestrife · Dense Flowered Loosestrife · Lysimachia ephemerum · Sea-milkwort · Creeping jenny · Dotted Loosestrife
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lysimachia vulgaris by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
