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Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
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    Credit: BS Thurner Hof | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
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  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Original uploader was Pollinator at en.wikipedia | Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. | License: PD Old
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé | Original book source: Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, GermanyPermission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt StueberSource: www.biolib.de | License: PD Old
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé | Original book source: Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, GermanyPermission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt StueberSource: www.biolib.de | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm) | Figure from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen at http://www.biolib.de | License: PD Old
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
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  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Sten Porse | Self-published work by Sten Porse | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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    Credit: Sten Porse | Self-published work by Sten Porse | License: PD Old
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    Credit: Sten Porse | Self-published work by Sten Porse | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 10:47, 4 October 2005 (UTC) | photographed by myself | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 10:47, 4 October 2005 (UTC) | photographed by myself | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Juan Ramón Santos | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Franz Xaver | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Franz Xaver | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Jonas Bergsten | Photo taken by Jonas Bergsten using a Canon PowerShot G3. | License: PD-user
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    Credit: Jonas Bergsten | Photo taken by Jonas Bergsten using a Canon PowerShot G3. | License: PD-user
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Magnus Manske | Magnus Manske (own work) | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Magnus Manske | Magnus Manske (own work) | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Wouter Hagens | Own work | License: PD
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Sergey M. Sazhin – Sazhin64 – sazhin64@gmail.com | Own work | License:
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Wouter Hagens | Own work | License: PD
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: RickP | self-photographed | License: CC-BY-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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    Credit: RickP | self-photographed | License: CC-BY-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: RickP | self-photographed | License: CC-BY-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Karelj | Own work | License: PD
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Radomil | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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    Credit: Radomil | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Radomil | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Manfred Heyde | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Epibase | Own work | License: CC-BY-3.0
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  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Cody Hough | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Christian Fischer. | Own picture, made in north-eastern Lower Saxony, Germany. | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Martin Cilenšek | Scan from Naše škodljive rastl... (1892) | License: PD Old
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Magnus Manske | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Magnus Manske | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Magnus Manske | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Magnus Manske | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: Magnus Manske | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) https://www.sagebud.com/purple-loosestrife-lythrum-salicaria/
    Credit: kallerna | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
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Lythrum Salicaria, or more commonly know as Purple Loosestrife, is a subshrub forb/herb of the genus Lythrum. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Lythrum Salicaria or Purple Loosestrife's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Lythrum
  • Family: Lythraceae
  • Order: Myrtales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Subshrub Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (I) CAN (I) SPM (I)
  • State Noxious Status: AL (CBW) AR (NW) AZ (PNW) CA (BW) CO (AW) CT (IB) FL (PAP1) IA (SNW) ID (NW) IN (PR) MA (P) MN (PNW) MO (NW) MT (CAT2) ND (NW) NE (NW) NM (CAW) NV (NW) OH (PNW) OR (BDW Q) PA (NW) SC (ILAP PP) SD (NW RNPS) TN (PP) TX (NP) UT (NW) VA (NW) VT (CBW) WA (CBW Q) WY (NW)
  • State Noxious Common Name: AL (purple loosestrife) AR (purple loosestrife) AZ (purple loosestrife) CA (purple loosestrife) CO (purple loosestrife) CT (purple loosestrife) FL (purple loosestrife) IA (purple loosestrife) ID (purple loosestrife) IN (purple loosestrife) MA (purple loosestrife) MN (purple loosestrife) MO (purple loosestrife) MT (purple loosestrife lythrum) ND (purple loosestrife) NE (purple loosestrife) NM (purple loosestrife) NV (purple loosestrife) OH (purple loosestrife) OR (purple loosestrife) PA (purple loosestrife) SC (purple loosestrife) SD (purple loosestrife) TN (purple loosestrife) TX (purple loosestrife) UT (purple loosestrife) VA (purple loosestrife) VT (purple loosestrife) WA (purple loosestrife) WY (purple loosestrife)
  • PLANTS Invasive Status: Cal-IPC N'EAST NE&GP SEEPPC STATE SWSS WI WSWS
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FACW+ OBL
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACW+) 2(OBL) 3(OBL) 4(OBL) 5(OBL) 6(NI) 8(OBL) 9(FACW+) 0(OBL)





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