This erect perennial glows with yellow-and-orange flowers and masses of pale green foliage. A denizen of wetlands and moist woods, fringed loosestrife thrives in part shade and rich soils, and it also tolerates full sun and seasonal flooding. The star-shaped flowers bloom a few at a time mid-summer to early fall and produce a floral oil, rather than pollen, to attract pollinators.
 
Native habitats include wetlands, swamps, wet prairies, thickets, woods, and stream banks.
 
Plant Characteristics:
Grows 1-2' tall.
 
Prefers full sun or part shade.
 
Prefers wet to moist, rich, acidic soils. Tolerates seasonal flooding. 
 
Medicinal, Edible, and Other Uses:
The plant is astringent and has been used to promote sweating and vomiting.
 
The live plant reportedly repels gnats and flies, and some people use a smudge fire of the plant as a fly repellant during the summer.
 
Resources:
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LYCI
 
North Carolina Extension
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/lysimachia-ciliata/
 
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