Lysimachia ciliata
Encyclopedia
Lysimachia ciliata is a plant
in the Myrsinaceae
family. It is a herbaceous plant
with opposite, simple leaves
, and smooth, green stems. The flowers are yellow, borne in summer. It is native to North America, including most of southern Canada and most of the United States except for the southwest. It is also cultivated as an ornamental plant
. It can be an invasive plant, but new suckers can be removed easily to keep plant size under control.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Myrsinaceae
Myrsinaceae
Myrsinaceae, or the Myrsine family, is a rather large family from the order Ericales. It consists of 35 genera and about 1000 species....
family. It is a herbaceous plant
Herbaceous plant
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
with opposite, simple leaves
Leaf
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants....
, and smooth, green stems. The flowers are yellow, borne in summer. It is native to North America, including most of southern Canada and most of the United States except for the southwest. It is also cultivated as an ornamental plant
Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...
. It can be an invasive plant, but new suckers can be removed easily to keep plant size under control.
Cultivars
The most common cultivars of L. ciliata include:- Lysimachia ciliata 'Firecracker'
- Lysimachia ciliata 'Purpurea'