Common name
English: Purple loosestrife
German: Gemeiner Blutweiderich
Mandarin: 千屈菜 (qian qu cai)
Portuguese: Erva-carapau, Salgueirinha
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Myrtales (80)
Family: Lythraceae (12)(family description)
Genus: Lythrum (2)
Epithet: salicaria L. (1)
Synonyms: Chabraea vulgaris Bubani, Lythrum argyi H. Lév.
salicaria => Salix-like (leaves)
vulgaris => common, everyday
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, violet, pink
External links
Check for Lythrum salicaria at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [15] Lythrum salicaria - Carl Axel Magnus Lindman: Bilder ur Nordens Flora (1901-1905)
- [598] Lythrum salicaria - Plants For A Future database
- [774] Image of Lythrum salicaria - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
- [1648] Lythrum salicaria - Flora of China @ efloras.org
Literature
- [31] Canzobre, H.L., Samartín, L.A. (1998): Guía da flora do litoral galego. Edicións Xerais de Galicia, Vigo, Spain.
- [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.