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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lythrum lanceolatum
FAMILY
Lythraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-05-003:
Lythrum lanceolatum FAMILY Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lythrum lanceolatum
COMMON NAME:
Southern Winged Loosestrife
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lythrum lanceolatum
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-05-003:
Lythrum lanceolatum
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lythrum lanceolatum
4703
Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, pine flatwoods, blackland prairies, coastal prairies, marshes, swamps, other moist to wet places, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in Carolinas)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Lowermost opposite, others alternate
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Purplish-pink
6-toothed calyx
6-lobed corolla
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p478
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p254
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