Help with I.D please

[stevecurtis]

Help please ,i I.D this as Yellow loosestrife but the leaves dont look right.


all the best steve

[Dorts]

Steve
It is Dotted Loosestrife - Lysimachia punctata
Yellow Loosestrife has the flowers an branched stems atop the leaves.
Dorts

[stevecurtis]

Thanks Dorts it was growing on high ground well away from water I recon it was in some soil that had been dumped there.

all the best Steve

[Dorts]

Originally Posted by stevecurtis

Thanks Dorts it was growing on high ground well away from water I recon it was in some soil that had been dumped there.
all the best Steve

Steve,
Dotted Loosestrife, (not native), grows just about anywhere, whereas the (native) Yellow Loosestrife, which is rather local, prefers to grow near water and is much taller,(up to 1.5m).
Dorts.

[stevecurtis]

Thanks Dorts i will keep this info with photo for future Ref.

all the best steve