Primulaceae

Garden yellow loosestrife

Lysimachia vulgaris L.

Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Lysimachia

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Garden yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) — FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (35)

Arabic: سرمج شائع, اذريون, الحاء, الساليقارية الشائقة, خوخ الماء, خُويجة, سراج القُطْرب, سراجية
Azerbaijani: Adi qoyunboğan
Belarusian: Лазанiца звычайная, Вярбішнік, Жаўточнік, Жывотнік, Кішок, Мятнушка, Ударнік, Чароп
Bulgarian: Обикновено ленивче
Catalan: Lisimàquia, Lisimàquia vulgar, Lysimaque Commune
Chinese: 毛黄连花, 黃連花, 黄连花, 黄莲花
Czech: Vrbina obecná
Danish: Almindelig Fredløs
dsb: Žołty wjerbnik
Dutch: Grote wederik
English: Garden yellow loosestrife, Yellow loosestrife
Estonian: Harilik metsvits, Metsvits
Finnish: Ranta-alpi
French: Lysimaque commune, Grande lysimaque
German: Gewöhnlicher Felberich, Gewöhnlicher Gilbweiderich, Rispen-Gilbweiderich, Lysimaque Commune
hsb: Wysoka žołtnica
Hungarian: Közönséges lizinka
Irish: Breallán léana
Korean: 좁쌀풀
Latvian: Parastā zeltene
Lithuanian: Paprastoji šilingė, Lysimaque Commune
Macedonian: Обична метилка
Malayalam: ലിസിമചിയ വൽഗാരിസ്
Norwegian Bokmål: Fredløs
Norwegian Nynorsk: Fredlaus
Persian: علف بیدی
Polish: Tojeść pospolita
Romanian: Gălbenele
Russian: Вербейник обыкновенный, Верболистная трава, Желтоголовник, Завальник, Зездянка, Копеечная трава, Луговой чай, Монетница
Slovak: Čerkáč obyčajný
Slovenian: Navadna pijavčnica
Spanish: Lisimaquia, Lisimaquia amarilla, Lisimaquia áurea, Hierba de la sangre, Hierba de las acequias, Lisimaquia vulgar, Hierba de las cequias, Ierba de la sangre
Swedish: Strandlysing, Vanlig lysing, Videört, Lysimaque Commune
Ukrainian: Вербозілля звичайне
Welsh: Trewyn

Synonyms

Lysimachia elata Salisb.
Lysimachia glauca Adams
Lysimachia guestphalica Weihe ex Rchb.
Lysimachia lutea Jiraseck ex Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
Lysimachia paludosa Baumg.
Lysimachia paniculata Gilib.
Lysimachia tomentosa C.Presl
Lysimachia vulgaris f. aprica Pax & R.Knuth
Lysimachia vulgaris f. glandulosovillosa Beck
Lysimachia vulgaris f. rubrotincta Merino
Lysimachia vulgaris f. villosa C.G.Westerl.
Lysimachia vulgaris subsp. glanduloso-villosa (Beck.) Peev
Lysimachia vulgaris var. longifolia Sennen
Lysimachia vulgaris var. longifolia Sennen
Lysimachia vulgaris var. paludosa (Baumg.) Wimm. & Grab.
Lysimachia vulgaris var. tomentosa Gray
Lysimachia vulgaris var. typica R.Knuth
Lysimachia westphalica Weihe
Lysimachusa vulgaris (L.) Pohl

Flowers

In flower: July to August (from 2,345 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dave Behm, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: M. B., CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: tylototriton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Le.Loup.Gris, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Udo Schmidt from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: alicia penney, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.