Primulaceae
Dotted loosestrife
Lysimachia punctata
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Lysimachia
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- سرمج مؤشم
- Azerbaijani
- Dəstəyarpaq qoyunboğan
- Chinese
- 斑点过路黄
- Czech
- Vrbina tečkovaná
- Danish
- Prikbladet fredløs
- Dutch
- Puntwederik
- English
- Dotted loosestrife, Large yellow loosestrife
- Esperanto
- Lizimakio tigfolia
- Estonian
- Täpiline metsvits
- Finnish
- Tarha-alpi
- French
- Lysimaque ponctuée
- German
- Punktierter Gilbweiderich, Drüsiger Gilbweiderich, Goldfelberich, Punkte-Gilbweiderich
- hsb
- Zahrodna žołtnica
- Icelandic
- Útlagi
- Lithuanian
- Taškuotoji šilingė
- Macedonian
- Точкеста метилка
- Malayalam
- ലിസിമാചിയ പൻക്റ്റാറ്റ, സ്പോട്ടെഡ് ലൂസ്സ്ട്രൈഫ്, ലാർജ്ജ് യെല്ലോ ലൂസ്സ്ട്രൈഫ്
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fagerfredløs
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Fagerfredlaus
- Polish
- Tojeść kropkowana
- Russian
- Вербейник точечный, Лизимахия точечная
- Slovak
- Čerkáč bodkovaný
- Slovenian
- Pikasta pijavčnica
- Swedish
- Praktlysing, Torparglädje
- Turkish
- Benekli Kargaotu, Noktalı Altınkamışı, Benli Kargaotu
- Welsh
- Trewyn brych
Synonyms
- Lysimachia punctata subsp. tomentosa (Dav.) Peev
- Lysimachia punctata var. tomentosa Davidov
- Lysimachia quadrifolia Mill.
- Lysimachia verticillaris Spreng.
- Lysimachia villosa F.W.Schmidt
- Lysimachusa punctata (L.) Pohl
- Nummularia punctata (L.) Büscher & G.H.Loos
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 1,453 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: jirki88, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sarefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Conrad Altmann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: espederle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: OWE, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Erin Springinotic, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Katrin Schneider / korina.info, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Lysimachia
- Scarlet pimpernelLysimachia arvensisPrimulaceae
- Garden yellow loosestrifeLysimachia vulgarisPrimulaceae
- Creeping jennyLysimachia nummulariaPrimulaceae
- Sea-milkwortLysimachia maritimaPrimulaceae
- Chickweed-wintergreenLysimachia europaeaPrimulaceae
- Tufted loosestrifeLysimachia thyrsifloraPrimulaceae
- Poorman's weatherglassLysimachia foeminaPrimulaceae
- ChaffweedLysimachia minimaPrimulaceae
- Yellow pimpernelLysimachia nemorumPrimulaceae
- Bog pimpernelLysimachia tenellaPrimulaceae
- Gooseneck yellow loosestrifeLysimachia clethroidesPrimulaceae
- LoosestrifeLysimachia minoricensisPrimulaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.