Lysimachia quadrifolia L.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Primulaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Erect from long, stoloniform rhizomes, 3–9 dm, the stem glabrous or sparsely hairy, rarely branched; lvs in whorls of (3)4(–7), punctate, narrowly or broadly lanceolate, 5–10 cm, hairy beneath, widely spreading; fls axillary on spreading pedicels 2–5 cm, the upper half or two-thirds of the plant floriferous; cal-lobes lance-oblong, 2–4 mm; pet 6–8 mm, oblong or elliptic, yellow with dark lines; 2n=84. Moist or dry upland soil, chiefly in open woods; Me. to S.C., w. to Wis., e. Minn., Ill., Ky., and Ala.
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Common Names
whorled loosestrife