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| Purple Loosestrife
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Scientific Name: Lythrum salicaria
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| Distinguishing Features
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| • It grows 1 ½ to 10 feet
tall, usually with its base in or very near water. |
| • Its stems are four- to
eight-sided, smooth or hairy, and multi-branched. |
| • Its leaves are 4 inches
long or less, lance-shaped and notched at the base, and are attached
to the stalks without stems. |
| • The flowers are one inch
in diameter, magenta to pink-white in color, and have five to seven
wrinkled petals. They are arranged in long 2 inch to 3 foot clusters
(racemes) along the stalk ends. |
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