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The fringed loosestrife is an erect herbaceous perennial with star-shaped yellow flowers borne in midsummer. It is native to North America, including most of southern Canada and most of the United States. It is one of the few species of Lysimachia to offer oil instead of nectar as a reward to pollinators! Furthermore, it is pollinated by the oil bee Macropis nuda, a native bee species whose survival depends upon this host plant. It is also cultivated as an ornamental plant. It can spread, though new suckers can easily be removed to keep plant size under control.
Type: Hardy perennial
Hardiness zones: 3-7
Height: 24", 60cm
Location: Sun
Seeds per packet: 20
By Karelj - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27668526 By Fritzflohrreynolds - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31360409
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Description
The fringed loosestrife is an erect herbaceous perennial with star-shaped yellow flowers borne in midsummer. It is native to North America, including most of southern Canada and most of the United States. It is one of the few species of Lysimachia to offer oil instead of nectar as a reward to pollinators! Furthermore, it is pollinated by the oil bee Macropis nuda, a native bee species whose survival depends upon this host plant. It is also cultivated as an ornamental plant. It can spread, though new suckers can easily be removed to keep plant size under control.
Type: Hardy perennial
Hardiness zones: 3-7
Height: 24", 60cm
Location: Sun
Seeds per packet: 20
By Karelj - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27668526 By Fritzflohrreynolds - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31360409
