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Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Myrsinaceae

SPECIES

Lysimachia - [maps | photos]

  • Lysimachia ciliata L.
    NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
    Common Name: fringed loosestrife
    Synonyms:
             • Steironema ciliatum (L.) Baudo
  • Lysimachia fraseri Duby (TN Endangered)
    NWI TN: Facultative
    Common Name: Fraser's yellow loosestrife
  • Lysimachia hybrida Michx. (TN Special Concern)
    NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: lowland yellow loosestrife
    Synonyms:
             • Steironema hybridum (Michx.) Raf. ex B.D. Jackson
             • Steironema lanceolatum (Walt.) Gray
  • Lysimachia lewisii D. Estes (TN Special Concern)
    Common Name: Lewis’s Yellow Loosestrife
  • Lysimachia radicans Hook.
    NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: trailing yellow loosestrife
    Synonyms:
             • Steironema radicans (Hook.) Gray
  • Lysimachia terrestris (L.) B.S.P. (TN Endangered)
    NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
    Common Name: earth loosestrife
  • Lysimachia tonsa (Wood) Wood ex Pax & R. Knuth
    Common Name: southern yellow loosestrife
    Synonyms:
             • Steironema tonsum (Wood) Bickn. ex Britton

*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee
All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.

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