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Lythrum salicaria
About
Lythrum salicaria or purple-loosestrife 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 genus Lysimachia in the family Primulaceae. This herbaceous perennial plant is native to temperate regions of Europe, Asia, northern Africa, and eastern Australia.
- Family
- Lythraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Lythrum salicaria
- Slug
- lythrum-salicaria
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Genus
- Lythrum
- Species
- salicaria
- Wikidata QID
- Q157513
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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