Purple Loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	3-10 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement	Moist, Wet, water
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	1.0
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Perennial
Growth	Fast
1000 Seed Weight (g)	0.07
Uses
Utility	Cosmetic, Dye, Preservative, Tannin, Teeth
Edible	true
Edible parts	Leaves, Root
Edible uses	Colouring
Warning	Weed potential
Taxonomy
Family	Lythraceae
Origin and spread
Native to	Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New South Wales, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Queensland, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Australia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tasmania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Victoria, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced into	Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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Created: 2020-11-13 19:06:55 UTC
Last updated: 2025-05-28 20:44:02 UTC by andrew-haupt

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Purple Loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

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