Lysimachia thyrsiflora
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Lysimachia thyrsiflora, commonly known as Tufted Loosestrife, is a plant
in the genus Lysimachia
. It is native to large sections of the northern Northern Hemisphere, including Eurasia and North America. It often grows in marshes, shorelines of lakes and ponds and occasionally along streams. It is an erect perennial herb growing up to 80 centimeters tall and bearing yellow flowers, sometimes dotted with purple. It may be confused with Purple Loosestrife when not blooming but can be easily distinguished because Purple Loosestrife has a square stem. Tufted Loosestrife has been used medicinally in Asia to combat high blood pressure.
It is a rare species in Britain
, where it is found in Salix cinerea - Galium palustre
wet woodland (community W1 of the British National Vegetation Classification
system), Salix pentandra - Carex rostrata
wet woodland (NVC community W3) and Carex rostrata
- Sphagnum recurvum mire
(community M4
).
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 genus Lysimachia
Lysimachia
Lysimachia is a genus of flowering plants. It is traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae but should, according to molecular phylogenetic study, be placed to the family Myrsinaceae .-Characteristics:...
. It is native to large sections of the northern Northern Hemisphere, including Eurasia and North America. It often grows in marshes, shorelines of lakes and ponds and occasionally along streams. It is an erect perennial herb growing up to 80 centimeters tall and bearing yellow flowers, sometimes dotted with purple. It may be confused with Purple Loosestrife when not blooming but can be easily distinguished because Purple Loosestrife has a square stem. Tufted Loosestrife has been used medicinally in Asia to combat high blood pressure.
It is a rare species in Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
, where it is found in Salix cinerea - Galium palustre
Galium palustre
Galium palustre is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Rubiaceae. This plant is native to Europe and North America and has several common names, including Common Marsh-bedstraw....
wet woodland (community W1 of the British National Vegetation Classification
British National Vegetation Classification
The British National Vegetation Classification or NVC is a system of classifying natural habitat types in Great Britain according to the vegetation they contain....
system), Salix pentandra - Carex rostrata
Carex rostrata
Carex rostrata, bottle sedge, is a perennial species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae native to Holarctic fens....
wet woodland (NVC community W3) and Carex rostrata
Carex rostrata
Carex rostrata, bottle sedge, is a perennial species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae native to Holarctic fens....
- Sphagnum recurvum mire
Miré
Miré is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France....
(community M4
British NVC community M4
NVC community M4 is one of the mire communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.It is a localised community of northern and western Britain...
).