![]() They are used to treat diarrhea, bruises, sore throat, heat exhaustion, and edema. Numerous, tiny, star-shaped, white flowers (1/2' wide) are densely packed into slender, tapered, terminal racemes (12-18' long. In medicine, lysimachia clethroides are also known as dwarf peach, pearl grass, regulating grass, the ridge grass, ji cocktail, labor injury medicine, stretch lotion, and nine lotus. Lysimachia clethroides, commonly called gooseneck loosestrife, is an erect, rhizomatous, clump-forming perennial which typically grows 2-3' tall and spreads aggressively by underground stems to form large colonies. Leafy greens from the plant are known as pearl vegetable, and they contain low-sodium and high-potassium. In China, most commonly in Chaoshan region, leaves from lysimachia clethroides are used in culinary as leaf vegetable, for making salads, stir-fried dishes, or soups. Use in culinary and traditional medicine This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It prefers deep, rich loam and sheltered positions. It is present in damp woodland margins, wet ravines and forests, sunny grassy hills, and mountain slopes at elevations of 300–2,100 m (980–6,890 ft) above sea level. It is also found in Russia, Korea, and North America. The native range of this plant is China and Japan. The specific epithet clethroides means "like alder" ( Clethra). It is a pioneer plant in its natural range. The inflorescence is bent with a sparsely haired axis, reaching a length of 0.3 to 0.4 cm. The flowers are tiny (12 cm wide), grouped in terminal spikes, each flower being snow white, with five petals. The leaves are scattered, alternate, oblong or broadly lanceolate, about 5 cm wide, 7 to 11 cm long, with entire margins. This hardy herbaceous perennial resembles a tall speedwell. Lysimachia clethroides can reach heights of 60–100 cm (24–39 in). ![]() It was transferred to the family Myrsinaceae based on a molecular phylogenetic study, but this family was later merged into the Primulaceae. Lysimachia clethroides, the gooseneck loosestrife, is a species of flowering plant, traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae.
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