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Yellow Loosestrife
Lysimachia vulgaris
Lysimachia vulgaris, the yellow loosestrife or garden loosestrife, is a species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It is native to wetlands, damp meadows and forests of south-east Europe. It is a tall plant with an upright habit, 50–150 centimetres (20–59 in) high, with erect panicles of conspicuous yellow flowers.:519 The edges of the petals lack the fringe of hairs seen in L. punctata, and the hairy sepals have a conspicuous orange margin. :114
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.526
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.524
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.255
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.98
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.104
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.432
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.434
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.434
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.426
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62338.