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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Steironema gramineum   FAMILY Primulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia graminea   FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lysimachia graminea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Lysimachia graminea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Lysimachia graminea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Steironema gramineum

 

COMMON NAME:
Grassleaf Yellow-loosestrife


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image of Steironema gramineum, Grassleaf Yellow-loosestrife

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_lysimachia_gr_rtw

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Mid-cauline leaves 1-2mm wide; flowers 7-14mm across, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Steironema gramineum   FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia graminea   FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lysimachia graminea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Lysimachia graminea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lysimachia graminea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Steironema gramineum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3737

Forb
Perennial

Native to Georgia & Alabama

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens & 5 very short staminodia
Superior ovary

Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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