Swamp Candles
Swamp Candles
Lysimachia terrestris
Primrose Family - Primulaceae
Individual flowers are approximately 1/2 inch wide with five narrow petals, each of which has occasional red streaks and two red spots at the base. Leaves 2 to 4 inches long, lance shaped, opposite and pointed at both ends.
(Photographed at Eagle Lake - July 2009)
An erect, 1 to 3 foot tall stem terminates in an elongated spike of bright yellow flowers.
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