[The Loosestrife of Mt. Adams and Vicinity]

Tufted Loosestrife, Tufted Lysimachia, Tufted Yellow Loosestrife

Lysimachia thyrsiflora

Synonyms: Lysimachia capitellata, Lysimachia subcapitata, Lysimachusa thrysiflora, Naumbergia thrysiflora, Nummularia thrysiflora, Thyrsanthus palustris

Inflroescence of Tufted Loosestrife, Tufted Lysimachia, Tufted Yellow Loosestrife: Lysimachia thyrsiflora (Synonyms: Lysimachia capitellata, Lysimachia subcapitata, Lysimachusa thrysiflora, Naumbergia thrysiflora, Nummularia thrysiflora, Thyrsanthus palustris)

The photo above shows a close-up of the flowers of tufted loosestrife as seen along the Willard Springs Foot Trail in Conboy Lake NWR.........June 9, 2007. Note that the filaments are longer than the narrow corolla lobes.

Tufted Loosestrife, Tufted Lysimachia, Tufted Yellow Loosestrife: Lysimachia thyrsiflora (Synonyms: Lysimachia capitellata, Lysimachia subcapitata, Lysimachusa thrysiflora, Naumbergia thrysiflora, Nummularia thrysiflora, Thyrsanthus palustris) - Inflorescence of Tufted Loosestrife, Tufted Lysimachia, Tufted Yellow Loosestrife: Lysimachia thyrsiflora (Synonyms: Lysimachia capitellata, Lysimachia subcapitata, Lysimachusa thrysiflora, Naumbergia thrysiflora, Nummularia thrysiflora, Thyrsanthus palustris)

The photo above shows tufted loosestrife as seen in wetlands along the Willard Springs Foot Trail in Conboy Lake NWR.........June 9, 2007. Note the spreading hairs on the stem below the inflorescence. Also note the long, narrowly lanceolate leaves (opposite on the stems) and the axillary racemes.

Tufted Loosestrife, Tufted Lysimachia, Tufted Yellow Loosestrife: Lysimachia thyrsiflora (Synonyms: Lysimachia capitellata, Lysimachia subcapitata, Lysimachusa thrysiflora, Naumbergia thrysiflora, Nummularia thrysiflora, Thyrsanthus palustris)

Tufted loosestrife as seen in wetlands along the Willard Springs Foot Trail at Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge..........May 24, 2016.
Paul Slichter