Hyssop-leaved Loosestrife

(Lythrum hyssopifolia)

 

Color Photograph: © by and courtesy of "Ahren", Picasa Web Album

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Hyssop-leaved Loosestrife (Lythrum hyssopifolia)

Identification: Flowers small, pink, with 6 petals. Calyx elongate with sharp, apical teeth forming a vaselike receptacle for the flower. Flowers solitary in the leaf axils. Leaves narrow, small, alternate, sessile to the stem. Plant relatively small, 6 to 24 inches in height.

Distribution: Primarily found along the Atlantic Coast, from southern Maine to New Jersey. Locally found inland in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Also occurs along the Pacific Coast.

Habitat: Hyssop-leaved Loosestrife is found in salt marshes.

Flowering period: June to September.

Hyssop-leaved Loosestrife (Lythrum hyssopifolia)

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The small flowers, narrow, alternative leaves, and small stature of this species should easily identify it.

Narrow-leaved Loosestrife (Lythrum lineare)

 

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