| Accepted name: |
Lysimachia quadrifolia L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Lysimachia stricta Aiton
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| English names: |
Cross-wort
Whorled Loosestrife
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| French names: |
Lysimaque à quatre feuilles
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Primulales
Family: Primulaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HLYSQU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Decoction of root taken for "bowel trouble" and "kidney problems." Infusion taken for "female trouble." Taken "for kidney problems"(*7). Infusion of roots taken as an emetic. Compound decoction used as wash and applied as poultice to stop milk flow(*8)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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