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Lanceleaf Loosestrife

Lysimachia lanceolata

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) williammcfarland, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.

United States	3,275
Canada	433
Ontario	428
Illinois	350
Michigan	349
Wisconsin	281
Indiana	257
Kentucky	224
Missouri	213
Minnesota	195

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Group and habits

Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	Dicots · Magnoliopsida
Order	Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Family	primrose family · Primulaceae
Genus	Loosestrifes · Lysimachia

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Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies of Maryland

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Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
How much to rely on each source

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