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Lythrum Loosestrifes
Lythrum
Lythrum is a genus of 38 species of flowering plants native to the temperate world. Commonly known as loosestrife (a name they share with Lysimachia, which are not closely related). They are among 32 genera of the family Lythraceae.
35 branches of this genus, most-observed first
purple loosestrife
speciesLythrum salicaria
Winged Loosestrife
speciesLythrum alatum
Hyssop Loosestrife
speciesLythrum hyssopifolia
False Grass-poly
speciesLythrum junceum
Water-purslane
speciesLythrum portula
Wanded Loosestrife
speciesLythrum virgatum
California loosestrife
speciesLythrum californicum
Wand Loosestrife
speciesLythrum lineare
Florida Loosestrife
speciesLythrum flagellare
three-bracted loosestrife
speciesLythrum tribracteatum
pukamole
speciesLythrum maritimum
Dnepr loosestrife
speciesLythrum borysthenicum
Lythrum thymifolia
speciesLythrum thymifolia
Low Loosestrife
speciesLythrum ovalifolium
Lythrum gracile
speciesLythrum gracile
Lythrum flexuosum
speciesLythrum flexuosum
Lythrum volgense
speciesLythrum volgense
Lythrum rotundifolium
speciesLythrum rotundifolium
Lythrum acutangulum
speciesLythrum acutangulum
Lythrum intermedium
speciesLythrum intermedium
Lythrum bryantii
speciesLythrum bryantii
Lythrum vulneraria
speciesLythrum vulneraria
Lythrum wilsonii
speciesLythrum wilsonii
Curtiss' loosestrife
speciesLythrum curtissii
Lythrum album
speciesLythrum album
Lythrum nieuwlandii
speciesLythrum nieuwlandii
Lythrum thesioides
speciesLythrum thesioides
Lythrum paradoxum
speciesLythrum paradoxum
Lythrum silenoides
speciesLythrum silenoides
Lythrum netofa
speciesLythrum netofa
Lythrum baeticum
speciesLythrum baeticum
Lythrum linifolium
speciesLythrum linifolium
Lythrum komarovii
speciesLythrum komarovii
Lythrum nanum
speciesLythrum nanum
Lythrum anatolicum
speciesLythrum anatolicum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58937.