WILD FLOWERS OF NEW YORK 2I3 



fourths of an inch long; sepals long-ovate, pointed; corolla rotate, parted 

 nearly to the base, usually into five segments, yellow with purple streaks or 

 dots. Fruit a capsule about one-eighth of an inch in diameter. 



In marshes, swamps and moist thickets, Newfoundland to Manitoba, 

 south to Georgia and Arkansas. Flowering from July to September. 



Moneywort; Creeping Loosestrife 



Lysiiiiacliid nininuiilarin Linnaeus 



Plati- I'.ui 



Stems creeping and usually rooting at the nodes, i to 2 feet long or 

 longer, smootli. Leaves opposite, broadly oval or orbicular, one-half to 

 1 1 inches long, with short petioles. Flowers two- thirds to i inch broad, 

 solitary in the axils of the leaves, bright yellow; sepals pointed, half as 

 long as the five blunt lobes of the dark-dotted corolla. 



Native of Europe and natviralized in moist grassy places tliroughout 

 the eastern states. Flowering from June to August. 



Fringed Loosestrife 



Steirojieiih! ciliatiii}! (Linnaeus) Rafincsque 



PLite Tfi2 



Stems simple or sparingly branched, erect, smooth, i to 3§ feet high. 

 Leaves opposite, thin, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, sharp pointed at the apex, 

 blunt to slightly heart-shaped at the base, 2 to 6 inches long, one-half to 

 3 inches wide, the margins and short petioles hairy. Flowers one-half to 

 I inch broad, on slender stalks in the upper axils; lobes of the cal}T; lanceo- 

 late and sharp pointed, shorter than the five yellow segments of the corolla, 

 which are finely toothed toward their tips; stamens five. Fruit a five- 

 valved capsule, slightly longer than the calyx. 



In moist thickets and open woods. Nova Scotia to British Columbia, 

 south to Georgia, Kansas and Arizona. Flowering from June to August. 



