Yellow Loosestrife
Taken at Doonfoot on 6th August 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 4th August 2022 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode and Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File


Yellow Loosestrife.
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Lysimachia vulgaris.                    
Ericales.
Primulaceae.
Herbaceous Perennial
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Damp places such as riverbanks, lake margin.
50 - 150 cm
June-August.
The plant was thought to have been tied around the necks of animals to calm them (loosen their strife). A few hundred years ago the plant was used as a remedy for bleeding of the nose and mouth and for upset stomachs.