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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Myrtles, Evening Primroses, and Allies
  6. Lythrum Family
  7. Lythrums

genus

Lythrums

Lythrum

Traits
Includes
5 native 5 introduced 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Purple Loosestrife introduced
  • Winged Loosestrife native
  • Hyssop Loosestrife introduced
  • False Grass-poly introduced
  • Water-purslane introduced
  • Wanded Loosestrife
  • California Loosestrife native
  • Wand Loosestrife native
  • Florida Loosestrife native
  • Three-bracted Loosestrife introduced
  • Pukamole native
  • Thymeleaf Loosestrife
  • Low Loosestrife
  • Curtiss' Loosestrife
  • Lythrum nieuwlandii

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Annual Perennial Shrub Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native lythrums All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Winged Loosestrife Lythrum alatum caterpillars 2 food 1 flowers 66
  • California Loosestrife Lythrum californicum caterpillars 1 food 1 flowers 17
  • Wand Loosestrife Lythrum lineare caterpillars 1 food 1 flowers 7
  • Florida Loosestrife Lythrum flagellare caterpillars 1 flowers 5
  • Pukamole Lythrum maritimum

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