Lysimachia punctata L.

Garden Loosestrife

Stems to nearly 1 m tall. Leaves opposite or whorled, lanceolate to elliptic, up to about 30 cm long. Flowers to about 1.5 cm wide, mostly in axillary pairs, yellow and glandular.

W Asia to C Europe

A border plant that may become invasive.

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Primulaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Primulaceae
genus        Lysimachia L.