Lythrum lineare Linnaeus. Common name: Narrowleaf Loosestrife, Wand Loosestrife, Saltmarsh Loosestrife. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Nearly fresh, brackish, and saline marshes. Distribution: NJ south to s. FL and west to TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl4, FNA10, G, GW2, K4, NE, NY, RAB, S, S13, Va, WH3, Graham (1975); = n/a — Il. Basionym: Lythrum lineare L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Lythrum lineare - FNA10
Show parent genus | Show parent in key(s)
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
Hover over a shape, letter, icon, or arrow on the map for definition or see the legend.
© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
© John Gwaltney | Original Image ⭷
© John Gwaltney | Original Image ⭷
© John Gwaltney | Original Image ⭷
© John Gwaltney | Original Image ⭷Feedback
See something wrong or missing on about Lythrum lineare? Let us know here: (Please include your name and email if at all complicated so we can clarify if needed.) We greatly appreciate feedback, and will include updates from you in our next webapp update, which can take a few months. If a species is not keyed, that's because keying is ongoing. Please don't send us feedback about unkeyed species.
Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of nearly fresh, brackish, and saline marshes.
Stems: Stems 4-angled, branched, smooth.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, linear to lance-shaped, 1/2-1 1/2 in. long.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils; white to pale purple; 1/4 in. wide; consisting of a tubular calyx and 6 spreading, widely spaced, oblong-lance-shaped petals and 6 slender stamens and a style.
Fruits: Fruit a 2-sectioned, many-seeded, cylindric capsule.
Comments:
Height: 18-48 in.
plant sale text:
bloom table text:
description: Erect perennial of nearly fresh, brackish, and saline marshes.
stems: Stems 4-angled, branched, smooth.
leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, linear to lance-shaped, 1/2-1 1/2 in. long.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils; white to pale purple; 1/4 in. wide; consisting of a tubular calyx and 6 spreading, widely spaced, oblong-lance-shaped petals and 6 slender stamens and a style.
fruits: Fruit a 2-sectioned, many-seeded, cylindric capsule.
comments:
cultural notes:
germination code:
native range:
0 unsaved edits on this page.