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'''''Lysimachia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s. ''Lysimachia'' species often have yellow flowers, and grow vigorously. They tend to grow in damp conditions. Several species within ''Lysimachia'' are commonly called [[loosestrife]], although this name is also used for plants within the genus ''[[Lythrum]]''.
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Lysimachia (probably after King Lysimachus). Primulaceae. Loosestrife. Erect or creeping leafy herbs grown in damp wild gardens and borders.
 
Lysimachia (probably after King Lysimachus). Primulaceae. Loosestrife. Erect or creeping leafy herbs grown in damp wild gardens and borders.
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==Cultivation==
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''Lysimachia nemorum'' ([[yellow pimpernel]])<br />
 
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''Lysimachia vulgaris'' ([[yellow loosestrife]])
 
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'''''Lysimachia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s. It is traditionally [[Scientific classification|classified]] in the family [[Primulaceae]] but should, according to [[Molecular phylogeny|molecular phylogenetic]] study, be placed to the family [[Myrsinaceae]]&nbsp;<ref>{{Cite journal |quotes=no |author=M. Källersjö, G. Bergqvist & A. A. Anderberg |year=2000 |title=Generic realignment in primuloid families of the Ericales s. l.: a phylogenetic analysis based on DNA sequences from three chloroplast genes and morphology |journal=[[American Journal of Botany]] |volume=87 |issue=9 |pages=1325–1341}}</ref>.
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===Pests and diseases===
  
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==Characteristics==
 
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''Lysimachia'' species often have yellow flowers, and grow vigorously. They tend to grow in damp conditions. Several species within ''Lysimachia'' are commonly called [[loosestrife]], although this name is also used for plants within the genus ''[[Lythrum]]''.
 
  
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''Lysimachia'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera|butterflies and moths]], including the [[Dot Moth]], [[Grey Pug]], [[Lime-speck Pug]], [[Small Angle Shades]] and [[V-pug]].
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==Varieties==
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*''[[Lysimachia atropurpurea]]'' <small></small> - Purple gooseneck loosetrife
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*''[[Lysimachia ciliata]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small> - Fringed loosestrife ([[North America]])
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*''[[Lysimachia clethroides]]'' <small></small> - Gooseneck loosestrife <!-- a hardy perennial resembling a tall [[Speedwell]] and growing up to 3 feet (1 metre). Flowers from July on to September. Grows best in deep, rich loam in a sheltered position. -->
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*''[[Lysimachia daphnoides]]'' <small>(A.Gray) Hillebr.</small> ''Lehua makanoe'' (Island of [[Kauai|Kaua{{okina}}i]] in [[Hawaii|Hawai{{okina}}i]])
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*''[[Lysimachia fraseri]]'' <small>[[Jean Étienne Duby|Duby]]</small> - Fraser's yellow loosestrife ([[Southeastern United States]])
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*''[[Lysimachia filifolia]]'' <small>C.N.Forbes</small> (Islands of [[Oahu|O{{okina}}ahu]] and Kaua{{okina}}i in Hawai{{okina}}i)
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*''[[Lysimachia hillebrandii]]'' <small>Hook.f. ex A.Gray</small> - ''Kolokolo kuahiwi'' (Hawai{{okina}}i)
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*''[[Lysimachia maxima]]'' <small>(R.Knuth) H.St.John</small> (Island of [[Molokai|Moloka{{okina}}i]] in Hawai{{okina}}i)
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*''[[Lysimachia minoricensis]]'' <small>J.J.Rodr.</small> ([[Spain]])
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*''[[Lysimachia nemorum]]'' <small>L.</small> - Yellow pimpernel
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*''[[Lysimachia nummularia]]'' <small>L.</small> - Creeping Jenny, Moneywort ([[Europe]])<!-- extremely hardy, and easy to cultivate.  The plants needs control, every piece of the creeping root will, if taken off, make a fresh plant.  It spreads vigorously and can become a [[weed]]. -->
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*''[[Lysimachia punctata]]'' <small></small> - spotted loosestrife
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*''[[Lysimachia sertulata]]'' <small></small> - Chilean melilukul
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*''[[Lysimachia quadrifolia]]'' <small>L.</small> - Whorled loosestrife (Eastern North America)
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*''[[Lysimachia terrestris]]'' <small>(L.) [[Nathaniel Lord Britton|Britton]], [[Emerson Ellick Sterns|Sterns]] & [[Justus Ferdinand Poggenburg|Poggenb.]]</small> - Swamp candles (North America)
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*''[[Lysimachia thyrsiflora]]'' - tufted loosestrife
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*''[[Lysimachia verticillaris]]'' <small></small>
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*''[[Lysimachia vulgaris]]'' <small>L.</small> - Garden loosestrife, Yellow loosestrife (Eurasia)
  
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Species within the genus include:
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*''Lysimachia atropurpurea'' (purple gooseneck loosetrife)
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*''Lysimachia ciliatum'' (fringed loosestrife)
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*''Lysimachia clethroides'' (gooseneck loosestrife) — a hardy perennial resembling a tall [[Speedwell]] and growing up to 3 feet (1 metre). Flowers from July on to September. Grows best in deep, rich loam in a sheltered position.
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*''Lysimachia fraseri''  (Fraser's yellow loosestrife, endangered)
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*''Lysimachia nemorum'' ([[yellow pimpernel]])
 
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*''[[Lysimachia nummularia]]'' (creeping Jenny or moneywort) — extremely hardy, and easy to cultivate; every piece of the creeping root will, if taken off, make a fresh plant.
 
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*''Lysimachia punctata'' (spotted loosestrife)
 
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*''Lysimachia quadrifolia'' (whorled loosestrife)
 
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*''Lysimachia terrestris'' (swamp candles)
 
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*''Lysimachia vulgaris'' (garden or yellow loosestrife)
 
  
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
 
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*[http://lakecounty.typepad.com/life_in_lake_county/2007/08/lysimachus-dog-.html Lysimachus' Dog & Nisaean Horses] - Informative but non-scholarly essay on Lysimachia & Lysimachus (Annotated with Sources).
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Lysimachia is a genus of flowering plants. Lysimachia species often have yellow flowers, and grow vigorously. They tend to grow in damp conditions. Several species within Lysimachia are commonly called loosestrife, although this name is also used for plants within the genus Lythrum.


Read about Lysimachia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Lysimachia (probably after King Lysimachus). Primulaceae. Loosestrife. Erect or creeping leafy herbs grown in damp wild gardens and borders.

Leaves opposite or whorled, entire, usually black punctate: fls. spicate, racemose or solitary, with a rotate or campanulate, 5-parted corolla with an equal number of slightly monadelphous stamens opposite the lobes: caps. 1-loculed, with many seeds on a central placenta. —Over 100 species found in temperate and subtropical regions of all parts of the world. Only a few in cult., and these all perennials. They differ from related genera in the absence of staminodia between the stamens, which are usually slightly united. Revision, Knuth in Das Pflanzenreich, hft. 22, p. 256 (1905).

The loosestrifes are of easy culture, thriving best in moist situations. Propagation is by division in late autumn or early spring.


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Cultivation

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Selected species:

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