Scientific Name: Lysimachia punctata
Common Name: circle flower, yellow loosestrife
Family Name: Primulaceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial, Invasive plant
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Pyramidal - narrowly
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Perennial border, Waterside planting
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Humus rich
Leaves: Simple, Whorled, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Ovate, Entire, Undulate (wavy)
Flowers: Flowers clustered, Yellow, May-Jun-Jul
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Leaves mostly whorled at nodes; flowers also whorled, bright yellow.