General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 1 to 2 feet
Plant Spread: 1 to 2 feet
Flowers: Other: pretty but small
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Taproot
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Monoecious

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Common names
  • Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lysimachia lanceolata
  • Synonym: Steironema heterophyllum
  • Synonym: Nummularia lanceolata

Photo Gallery
Location: Macon GA
Date: June
bloom cluster
Location: North Creek Nursery in Landenberg, PA
Date: 2019-06-11
tiny yellow flowers
Location: North Creek Nursery in Landenberg, PA
Date: 2019-06-11
purple-leaved variety "atropurpurea"
Location: North Creek Nursery in Landenberg, PA
Date: 2019-06-11
purple foliage and flowers of L. l. atropurpurea
Location: North Creek Nursery in Landenberg, PA
Date: 2019-06-11
label sign among purple foliage

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