PLANTS Profile for Lysimachia tonsa (southern yellow loosestrife)

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Lysimachia tonsa (Alph. Wood) Alph. Wood ex Pax & R. Knuth
southern yellow loosestrife

Symbol:

LYTO2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Primulaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Lysimachia tonsa (Alph. Wood) Alph. Wood ex Pax & R. Knuth

Steironema intermedium

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 713. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Lysimachia tonsa (Alph. Wood) Alph. Wood ex Pax & R. Knuth

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Synonyms:
Lysimachia tonsa (Alph. Wood) Alph. Wood ex Pax & R. Knuth

	LYTOS	Lysimachia tonsa (Alph. Wood) Alph. Wood ex Pax & R. Knuth var. simplex (Kearney) R. Knuth ex Engl.
	STIN6	Steironema intermedium Kearney
	STTO5	Steironema tonsum (Alph. Wood) E.P. Bicknell ex Britton

Distribution:
Lysimachia tonsa (Alph. Wood) Alph. Wood ex Pax & R. Knuth


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USA (AL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Lysimachia tonsa (Alph. Wood) Alph. Wood ex Pax & R. Knuth

View 11 genera in Primulaceae, 42 species in Lysimachia

Classification:
Lysimachia tonsa (Alph. Wood) Alph. Wood ex Pax & R. Knuth

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Primulales
Family	Primulaceae – Primrose family
Genus	Lysimachia L. – yellow loosestrife
Species	Lysimachia tonsa (Alph. Wood) Alph. Wood ex Pax & R. Knuth – southern yellow loosestrife

More Accounts and Images:
Lysimachia tonsa (Alph. Wood) Alph. Wood ex Pax & R. Knuth

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24001.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 08:49 AM CDT