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Yellow Loosestrife

 
Yellow Loosestrife in marshland,
 
Catcott Heath, Somerset Levels
 
 
Part of flower spike
 
 
Newly open flower -  5 anthers, green style
 
 
Older flower  with longer style
 
 
 
Style more obvious as anthers fade
 
 
Globose fruits with style attached
 
 
Calyx  tinged with red
 
 
Worled and opposite leaves
 
 
Glands on margin of upper side of leaf and
 
scattered on lower side of leaf
 
 
 
Close-up of  glandular, hairy stem