Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. March 2011. Scientific name: Lysimachia terrestris (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. Common name(s): swamp candles, yellow loosestrife, swamp yellow-loosestrife, earth loosestrife Links: USDA PLANTS Profile, NPIN Profile, Go Botany Images: (to see enlargements [PC]: click on image, then right click and choose