Accession Data

Lythrum salicaria

Common Name: Purple Loosestrife

Family: Lythraceae

Country of Origin: Eurasia

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 3a-9b

Accession #: 201600135

Accession Date: 2016-07-25 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 6906

Quantity: 2

Provenance:

  • Plants were harvested from a lake on private property on Brewster Rd. in Milford, CT USA by Donna Ellis / Alyssa Matz in May 2016.
  • Plants were acquired as part of a biocontrol research project and two plants retained for general collection at conclusion of the project.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: rosids

Order: Myrtales

Family: Lythraceae

SubFamily: Lythroideae

Tribe: Lythreae

SubTribe: Lythrinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 27, 2016.
  2. Lythrum salicaria at Connecticut Invasive Plants Working Group. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 27, 2016.
  3. Lythrum salicaria at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 27, 2016.

Images

Lythrum salicaria