Primulaceae
Earth loosestrife
Lysimachia terrestris
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Lysimachia
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Earth loosestrife
- Finnish
- Amerikanalpi
- Swedish
- Smallysing
- Welsh
- Trewyn America
Synonyms
- Lysimachia angustifolia Michx.
- Lysimachia bulbifera Curtis
- Lysimachia michauxii F.Dietr.
- Lysimachia racemosa Lam.
- Lysimachia stricta Aiton
- Lysimachia stricta f. brevifolia Peck
- Lysimachia stricta f. bulbifera Peck
- Lysimachia stricta f. intermedia Peck
- Lysimachia stricta f. typica Peck
- Lysimachia stricta var. ovata E.L.Rand & Redfield
- Lysimachia stricta var. typica R.Knuth
- Lysimachia terrestris f. florifera B.Boivin
- Lysimachia terrestris f. terrestris
- Lysimachia terrestris var. ovata Fernald
- Lysimachia terrestris var. terrestris
- Viscum terrestre L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shirley Zundell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: wwattles, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Cathy Kavassalis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Benny Albro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lemieux Serge, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: W Rao, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.