Four-Leaved Loosestrife
Description
This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Four-Leaved Loosestrife
Whorled Loosestrife: Crosswort. Lysimachia quadrifolia.
Primrose Family. June - Aug.
A slender plant 1 - 3 feet tall, found in open woods, moist, sandy soil. New Brunswick to Georgia, west to Illinois and Minnesota.
Flowers
Yellow, dotted around the center or faintly streaked with red, borne on slender stems springing from the leaf angles.
Leaves
In whorls of 3-7, usually 4.
Four-leaved Loosestrife.
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