Purple Loosestrife     Information
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Scientific Name:Lythrum salicaria


NOTES: Wetland plant with showy purple flowers. Native to Europe, Asia, northwest Africa, and southeastern Australia.

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Purple Loosestrife
Genus species: Lythrum salicaria
Common Name: Purple Loosestrife
Family Name: Lythraceae  
Annual and perennial herbs, or shrubs, mostly in wetland or aquatic habitats; leaves mostly opposite or whorled, simple and entire; flowers bisexual, regular or irregular, in various clusters; fruit a capsule.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Violet/Blue
Identified by:M. Becus
Months in Bloom:  
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