OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lythrum lanceolatum   FAMILY Lythraceae   Go to FSUS key



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

 

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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

 

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