Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Yellow Loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris, Breallán léana
Photographs: Curragh Chase, Co. Limerick

Yellow Loosestrife
Lysimachia vulgaris
Breallán léana
Family: Primulaceae

Flowering time: July-August. Perennial. Native.

Leafy panicles of yellow flowers with narrowly triangular sepals. The pointed oval-lanceolate leaves are in whorls of 3-4, sometimes alternate and either stalkless or short-stalked. Semi-evergreen. Height 60-120cm.

Grows on damp ground, especially near ponds and rivers and in marshes

Similar: Dotted Loosestrife, Lysimachia punctata is a garden escape

Yellow Loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris, Breallán léana

Yellow Loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris, Breallán léana
Yellow Loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris, Breallán léana

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