Lysimachia thyrsiflora

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Internal ID UUID643ffd52e807c002844484
Scientific name Lysimachia thyrsiflora
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 147 (1753)

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Common products:
Lysimachia thyrsiflora is cultivated as an ornamental marginal plant for water gardens, pond margins, and rain‑garden installations. Nurseries market it for its dense whorled foliage, early‑season bright yellow flower spikes, and reliable tolerance of saturated soils. Propagation is performed by seed (cold‑stratified) or by division of established clumps, allowing commercial production without wild harvest.

Industrial and craft applications:
In constructed‑wetland engineering the species serves as a bio‑filtering plant for nitrogen, phosphorus and selected heavy‑metal removal. Its fibrous, deep‑rooted system thrives in permanently flooded substrates and has been shown in peer‑reviewed pilot‑scale studies to contribute to reductions of ammonium‑N by ~30 % and PO₄‑P by ~25 % in municipal wastewater treatment. The plant’s ability to survive low oxygen conditions makes it suitable for both treatment and aesthetic integration in public‑park wetlands.

Properties relevant to use:
- Flood tolerance: endures water depths up to ~15 cm for the growing season.
- Root architecture: spreading fibrous roots provide soil stabilization on pond banks and erosion control.
- Growth habit: clumping perennial forming dense mats that suppress weeds.
- Phenology: early leaf emergence gives ground cover soon after snowmelt; flower spikes appear in midsummer, providing ornamental colour.

Standards and regulation:
When traded as an ornamental plant the material must satisfy national plant‑health certification; in the European Union imports are governed by Council Directive 2000/29/EC (plant‑health). For wetland installations the design typically follows the US EPA “Constructed Wetlands Treatment for Municipal Wastewater” guidelines (EPA 832‑F‑00‑001) and the EU Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC, ensuring compliance with environmental‑management standards.

Sustainability and sourcing:
The species is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN. Commercial growers propagate it in nurseries from seed or division, limiting pressure on wild populations. International trade is monitored under CITES Appendix II, though the species is not listed, ensuring sustainable harvest. Sustainable sourcing recommendations advise limiting wild collection to

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Lysimachusa thyrsiflora Pohl Tent. Fl. Bohem. 1: 163 (1809)
Lysimachia thyrsantha St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 130 (1880)
Lysimachia subcapitata Raf. Med. Repos. , ser. 3, 2: 333 (1811)
Lysimachia capitata Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 135 (1813)
Lysimachia capitellata Raf. Med. Repos. , ser. 2, 5: 354 (1808)
Lysimachia kamtschatica Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 58 (1918)
Thyrsanthus palustris Schrank Denkschr. Akad. Muench. 1813 (1814).
Naumburgia thyrsiflora (L.) Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 410 (1831)
Naumburgia guttata Moench Suppl. Meth. : 23 (1802)
Nummularia thyrsiflora (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 398 (1891)
Lysimachia thyrsiflora var. verticillata Rouy Fl. France 10: 184 (1908)

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Language Common/alternative name
English tufted loosestrife
Belarusian вярба
Belarusian вярбішнік паўзучы
Belarusian ніцая лаза
Belarusian наумбургія гронкакветкавая
Czech vrbina kytkokvětá
Czech bazanovec kytkokvětý
Welsh trewyn swp-flodeuog
Danish dusk-fredløs
German straußblütiger gilbweiderich
German strauß-gilbweiderich
Estonian ussilill
Finnish terttualpi
French lysimaque thyrsiflore
Upper Sorbian kwěćelata žołtnica
Japanese ヤナギトラノオ
Kazakh Шашақ гүлді қызат
Lithuanian poraistė
Lithuanian puokštinė poraistė
Malayalam ലൈസിമചിയ തൈർസിഫ്ലോറ
Norwegian Bokmål gulldusk
Dutch moeraswederik
Dutch gulldusk
Norwegian Nynorsk gulldusk
Polish tojeść bukietowa
Russian Наумбургия кистецветная
Russian Наумбургия кистецветковая
Russian Кизляк кистецветный
Russian Вербейник кистецветный
Slovak bazanovec kytkový
Slovenian čopasta pijavčnica
Swedish topplösa
Chinese 球尾花
Chinese 腋花珍珠菜

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Kamchatka
      • Khabarovsk
      • Kuril Islands
      • Magadan
      • Primorye
      • Sakhalin
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Chita
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • Tuva
      • West Siberia
      • Yakutskiya
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Romania
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Maryland
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
      • Utah
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska
      • Aleutian Islands
      • Northwest Territorie
      • Yukon
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000442400
Canadensys 6694
USDA Plants LYTH2
Tropicos 26400021
INPN 107086
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148161-2
The Plant List kew-2492247
Open Tree Of Life 567411
Observations.org 7024
NCBI Taxonomy 174664
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003940
Nature Serve 2.129957
IUCN Red List 167914
IPNI 148161-2
iNaturalist 77917
GBIF 3169358
Freebase /m/043nbwp
WisFlora 4165
EPPO LYSTH
EOL 583468
Elurikkus 5607
Calflora (Californian flora) 5257
USDA GRIN 457193
Wikipedia Lysimachia_thyrsiflora
Plantarium 92059

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_965212335.2 ddLysThyr1.hap1.2 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2025-10-26 49 1.17 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Community structure, environmental conditions and anthropogenic pressure on the habitat of the European endemic aquatic plant Luronium natans (L.) Raf. Banaś K, Ronowski R, Chmara R, Szmeja J BMC Plant Biol 28-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10683176
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04518-y
PMID:38017375
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
Phytochemical Composition of Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos L.) Fruits Growing in Protected Areas of Lithuania Šedbarė R, Sprainaitytė S, Baublys G, Viskelis J, Janulis V Plants (Basel) 13-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10223228
doi:10.3390/plants12101974
PMID:37653891
Spatial heterogeneity ensures long-term stability in vegetation and Fritillaria meleagris flowering in Uppsala Kungsäng, a semi-natural meadow Hytteborn H, Carlsson BÅ, Svensson BM, Zhang L, Rydin H PLoS One 08-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10045606
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0282116
PMID:36888605
The Search for Suitable Habitats for Endangered Species at Their Historical Sites—Conditions for the Success of Salix lapponum and Salix myrtilloides Reintroduction Arciszewski M, Pogorzelec M, Bronowicka-Mielniczuk U, Niedźwiecki M, Parzymies M, Serafin A Int J Environ Res Public Health 09-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9859233
doi:10.3390/ijerph20021133
PMID:36673887
Scrub encroachment promotes biodiversity in temperate European wetlands under eutrophic conditions Brunbjerg AK, Fløjgaard C, Frøslev TG, Andersen DK, Bruun HH, Dalby L, Goldberg I, Lehmann LJ, Moeslund JE, Ejrnæs R Ecol Evol 01-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9627074
doi:10.1002/ece3.9445
PMID:36340817
Reinventory of the vascular plants of Mormon Island Crane Meadows after forty years of restoration, invasion, and climate change Caven AJ, Wiese JD Heliyon 03-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9192816
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09640
PMID:35711997
Examining the utility of DNA barcodes for the identification of tallgrass prairie flora Herzog SA, Latvis M Appl Plant Sci 24-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7845766
doi:10.1002/aps3.11405
PMID:33552747
Screening the Capacity of 34 Wetland Plant Species to Remove Heavy Metals from Water Schück M, Greger M Int J Environ Res Public Health 27-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7369712
doi:10.3390/ijerph17134623
PMID:32605055
In Search of High-Yielding and Single-Compound-Yielding Plants: New Sources of Pharmaceutically Important Saponins from the Primulaceae Family Włodarczyk M, Pasikowski P, Osiewała K, Frankiewicz A, Dryś A, Gleńsk M Biomolecules 29-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7175136
doi:10.3390/biom10030376
PMID:32121337
Inventing a herbal tradition: The complex roots of the current popularity of Epilobium angustifolium in Eastern Europe Sõukand R, Mattalia G, Kolosova V, Stryamets N, Prakofjewa J, Belichenko O, Kuznetsova N, Minuzzi S, Keedus L, Prūse B, Simanova A, Ippolitova A, Kalle R J Ethnopharmacol 30-Jan-2020
PMCID:PMC6891887
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2019.112254
PMID:31580942
Deceptive strategy in Dactylorhiza orchids: multidirectional evolution of floral chemistry Wróblewska A, Szczepaniak L, Bajguz A, Jędrzejczyk I, Tałałaj I, Ostrowiecka B, Brzosko E, Jermakowicz E, Mirski P Ann Bot 11-Feb-2019
PMCID:PMC6589506
doi:10.1093/aob/mcz003
PMID:30753414
A random survival forest illustrates the importance of natural enemies compared to host plant quality on leaf beetle survival rates Verschut TA, Hambäck PA BMC Ecol 10-Sep-2018
PMCID:PMC6131828
doi:10.1186/s12898-018-0187-7
PMID:30200936
Environmental Characteristics and Anthropogenic Impact Jointly Modify Aquatic Macrophyte Species Diversity Elo M, Alahuhta J, Kanninen A, Meissner KK, Seppälä K, Mönkkönen M Front Plant Sci 10-Aug-2018
PMCID:PMC6097017
doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.01001
PMID:30147702
Diverse fen plant communities enhance carbon-related multifunctionality, but do not mitigate negative effects of drought Robroek BJ, Jassey VE, Beltman B, Hefting MM R Soc Open Sci 25-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5666246
doi:10.1098/rsos.170449
PMID:29134063

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(4S,4aS,5R,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,10S,12aR,14bR)-10-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carbaldehyde 162916943 Click to see CC1(CC2C3=CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC(C2(C(C1)O)C=O)O)C)C)(C)C)OC6C(C(C(CO6)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)O)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)OC9C(C(C(C(O9)CO)O)O)O)O)O)C)C 1091.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00566816
10-[3-[3,4-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-5-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carbaldehyde 162916942 Click to see 1091.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00566816
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols
Isorhamnetin 5281654 Click to see 316.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00566816
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579657
Quercetin 5280343 Click to see 302.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579657
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00566816
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides
Alliumoside A 73157059 Click to see 478.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579657
isorhamnetin 4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside 11968470 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O 478.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579657
Quercetin-4'-o-glucoside 12442954 Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O 464.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579657
Spiraeoside 5320844 Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O 464.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579657
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-((2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl)oxychromen-4-one 51402807 Click to see 464.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00566816
Hyperoside 5281643 Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O 464.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(96)00086-5
Quercitrin 5280459 Click to see 448.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(96)00086-5

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