Photographs: Curragh Chase, Co. Limerick

Yellow Loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris Breallán léana Family: Primulaceae Flowering time: July-August. Perennial. Native. Leafy panicles of yellow flowers with narrowly triangular sepals. The pointed oval-lanceolate leaves are in whorls of 3-4, sometimes alternate and either stalkless or short-stalked. Semi-evergreen. Height 60-120cm. Grows on damp ground, especially near ponds and rivers and in marshes Similar: Dotted Loosestrife, Lysimachia punctata is a garden escape

Yellow Loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris, Breallán léana