Lythrum virgatum

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderMyrtales
5. FamilyLythraceae

Observations recorded5,600

Herbs, perennial, less robust than L. salicaria, 50-100 cm tall, glabrous throughout. Stem erect, 4-angled. Leaves opposite, sometimes alternate, narrowly lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 3-13 × 0.3-1.6 cm, base narrowly cuneate, apex acute-acuminate. Inflorescences terminal, spicate, 13-25 cm; bracts linear-lanceolate. Flowers in 1-3(-7)-flowered axillary cymes, solitary or in sparse whorls, shortly pedicellate. Floral tube 4-6 × 1-1.5 mm, 12-ribbed; sepals deltate, 0.8-1 mm; epicalyx segments erect, linear to awl-shaped, shorter than or equaling sepals. Petals purple to pink, elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 5.5-7 × 2.5-4 mm. Fl. Apr-Aug, fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 30, 40.

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Specimen records

410

With media

327

Family

Lythraceae

Collections

CAS, MEL, DBG, CM, CDA, MICH

Recorded in

China, Czechia, United States, Romania, Austria, Germany, Russia, Hungary

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Lythrum

Image

Lythrum virgatum 'Rose Queen', Elfenau.jpg

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