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Lythrum salicaria L. purple loosestrife. Invasive Information; This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

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Lythrum salicaria or purple loosestrife [2] is a flowering plant belonging to the family Lythraceae. It should not be confused with other plants sharing the name loosestrife that are members of the family Primulaceae. Other names include spiked loosestrife and purple Lythrum.

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Purple Loosestrife is one of several invasive species with biocontrols: 3 beetles that feed on leaves, flowers or root systems, all of which can impede seed production. The hope of biocontrols may be eradication, but the more realistic goal is to significantly reduce populations and subsequently reduce the impact on native wetland flora and fauna.

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Spectacular when in full bloom, Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) is a vigorous, upright perennial enjoying an extremely long bloom season from early to late summer. It features pink, purple, or magenta flowers in dense spikes, up to 18 in. long (45 cm) held atop lance-shaped leaves.

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COMMON NAMES: purple loosestrife TAXONOMY: The currently accepted scientific name of purple loosestrife is Lythrum salicaria L. (Lythraceae) [57,60,71]. Purple loosestrife will hybridize with European wand loosestrife (Lythrum virgatum) and winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum) [3,92]. A number of different horticultural cultivars have been.

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Purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, is a tall-growing hardy herbaceous perennial, native to the the British Isles. It thrives in moist soil or in the shallow water at pond margins. Upright stems are clothed with slender light green leaves and topped with long spires made up of numerous rosy-mauve flowers through summer.

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Purple loosestrife is an erect perennial herb that usually grows two to six feet tall. A mature plant can develop into a large clump of stems up to five feet in diameter. Each stem is four- to six-sided. The root system consists of a very thick and hard taproot, and spreading lateral roots.

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PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE (Lythrum salicaria) Photo credit: S. Kelly Kearns Wetland perennial, three to seven feet tall, with up to 50 stems topped with purple flower spikes. One prominent leader stems but many side branches often make the plant look bushy. Clipped plants grow back and cut stems readily re-root in the soil to produce new plants.

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Lythrum salicaria, commonly called purple loosestrife, is a clump-forming wetland perennial that is native to Europe and Asia. It is believed to have been first introduced into the U.S. from seed contained in ships' ballast, and it became established in certain estuaries in the northeastern states by the early 1800s.

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Description Purple loosestrife has evolved to tolerate the shorter growing season and colder weather of the central and northern parts of the provinces. Plants in northern regions are smaller and flower earlier than those in southern regions.

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A very aggressive invader of sunny wetlands, purple loosestrife displaces native species and reduces plant and animal diversity. Don't let the attractive persistent flowers fool you--this one is not an asset to New England. Habitat

purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

Scientific Name Lythrum salicaria L. ( ITIS) Common Name Purple loosestrife, spiked loosestrife Native To Eurasia ( Munger 2002) Date of U.S. Introduction Exact date unknown; was established by the 1830s ( Munger 2002) Means of Introduction Through ships' ballast and as an ornamental ( Munger 2002) Impact Crowds out native species ( Munger 2002)

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Identification: Purple loosestrife is an erect perennial herb in the loosestrife family (Lythraceae) that develops a strong taproot, and may have up to 50 stems arising from its base. Its 50 stems are four-angled and glabrous to pubescent.

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Purple loosestrife can usually be found close to freshwater areas, such as riverbanks, marshlands, bogs, and canals. W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Lythrum salicaria is a hardy, herbaceous perennial native to Eurasia and the British Isles. Most commonly named purple loosestrife, L. salicaria is also known colloquially as long purples, purple grass, rainbow weed, rose.

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Purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, is a tall-growing wildflower that grows naturally on banks of streams and around ponds. It has strong, upright stems, topped in summer with long, poker-like heads of bright purple-red flowers. Its flowers are extremely attractive to bees and butterflies.

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L. salicaria is a robust herbaceous perennial with upright stems to 1.2m tall, clad in narrow, willowy leaves, and small vivid purplish-pink flowers 2cm wide in dense terminal spikes over a long period in summer Other common names black blood long purples see more purple grass Synonyms Lythrum salicaria var. gracile Join the RHS today and save 25%