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Topic Categories: Helsinki, Finland • Image of the Day • My Pictures • Nature • Photography • Travel
Posted on: September 6, 2009 2:59 PM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: flowers, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day
Tufted Loosestrife, Lysimachia thyrsiflora.
Helsinki mystery flower, can you identify this?
Photographed at the gardens at the Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum
near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
This isn't the best picture I've ever taken, but I hope it's good enough that you can identify the plant.
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Comments
Again I'm not familiar with Finnish plants, but in England I would call this Tufted Loosestrife, Lysimachia thrysiflora. A rare plant here which is rarely seen in flower.
Posted by: Adrian | September 8, 2009 2:17 PM
thanks adrian, you're correct!
Posted by: "GrrlScientist" | September 8, 2009 4:36 PM