Photographs: Co. Cork

Dotted Loosestrife Lysimachia punctata Breallán dlúth Family: Primulaceae Flowering: June-August. Perennial. Garden escape. Introduced. Leafy spikes with clusters of yellow flowers with a darker eye, the petals fringed with glandular hairs. The evergreen, clearly-stalked, oval leaves have hairy edges. Spreads vegetatively and can form large clumps. Height 60-100cm. A garden escape found on roadsides, waste ground and by rivers Similar: Yellow Loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris. Native

Dotted Loosestrife, Lysimachia punctata, Breallán dlúth