| Lysimachia terrestris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Myrsinaceae |
| Genus: | Lysimachia |
| Binomial name | |
| Lysimachia terrestris (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. |
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Lysimachia terrestris (Swamp Candles or Earth Loosestrife) is a plant in the Primulaceae [1] family.
Lysimachia terrestris is a herbaceous plant with opposite, simple leaves, and erect stems. The flowers are yellow, borne in mid-summer.
The flowers are star-shaped with five yellow petals. Each petal has two red dots at its base forming a circle of ten red dots in the center of the flower. The flowers form in a raceme about the top of the plant.
Lysimachia terrestris grows in swamps and at the edges of ponds and lakes in the Eastern United States and in Eastern Canada. It is also found in the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and in British Columbia. It is listed as endangered in Tennessee and Kentucky.