Lysimachia quadrifolia L.

Erect from long, stoloniform rhizomes, 3–9 dm, the stem glabrous or sparsely hairy, rarely branched; lvs in whorls of (3)4(–7), punctate, narrowly or broadly lanceolate, 5–10 cm, hairy beneath, widely spreading; fls axillary on spreading pedicels 2–5 cm, the upper half or two-thirds of the plant floriferous; cal-lobes lance-oblong, 2–4 mm; pet 6–8 mm, oblong or elliptic, yellow with dark lines; 2n=84. Moist or dry upland soil, chiefly in open woods; Me. to S.C., w. to Wis., e. Minn., Ill., Ky., and Ala.

Dry or moist open woods, thickets and shores.

Can be grown by seedlings.