Skye Flora

Dotted Loosestrife


Lysimachia punctata

 

Lysimachia punctata

Photo © Carl Farmer
12 Jul 2003 Broadford

Naturalised on marshy waste ground near villages.

Flower diameter c 30-40 mm

Skye ID: Told from other upright Lysimachia species, which may escape from gardens, by the petals being gland-edged.

Other features: Flower stalks and sepals also have gland-hairs.  Leaves typically in whorls of three.  Forms dense stands.

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Lysimachia punctata

Photo © Carl Farmer
12 Jul 2003 Broadford

 

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