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
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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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.
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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.
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