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Summer
Yellow Loosestrife
Lysimachia punctata
Family: Primulaceae
Earthy & Warmfaintwarm
SeasonSummer
OriginEurope, Asia Minor
IntensityVery Faint
LifespanPerennial
About This Flower
Earthy & Warm · Summer bloomer
Yellow loosestrife sends up dense spires of vivid yellow cup-shaped flowers in early summer, naturalising in damp borders and pond margins where it creates great vertical columns of pure gold.
Symbolism & Meaning
ease and peace
In the Victorian language of flowers, yellow loosestrife means “Ease and peace”.
Habitat & Environment
Europe, Asia Minor
Yellow Loosestrife is native to Europe, Asia Minor.
Quick Reference
- Scientific NameLysimachia punctata
- FamilyPrimulaceae
- Native ToEurope, Asia Minor
- Bloom SeasonSummer
- LifespanPerennial
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