Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Lythraceae (Loosestrife family)
Genus: Lythrum (Loosestrife)
Lythrum salicaria L. - Purple-Loosestrife
Lythrum hyssopifolia L. - Grass-Poly
Lythrum portula (L.) D. A. Webb - Water-Purslane
<ba><b>Maximal 30 cm tall</b></ba>, <ba><b>annual</b></ba>. <span class="v1">inflorescence:</span> <ba><b>flowers mostly solitary</b></ba>, <ba>in a spike-like whole-inflorescence</ba>. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> <ba>reddish</ba>. <span class="v1">floral-...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, bogs, sedge-lands, grassland & dwarf shrub heaths, ruderal vegetation, fields, vineyards
in acidic, moist to wet, periodically flooded habitats