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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), (basionym); = n/a — Il

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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native range
Erect perennial of nearly fresh, brackish, and saline marshes.
Stems 4-angled, branched, smooth.
Leaves opposite, sessile, linear to lance-shaped, 1/2-1 1/2 in. long.
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.
Fruit a 2-sectioned, many-seeded, cylindric capsule.
18-48 in.
Erect perennial of nearly fresh, brackish, and saline marshes.
Stems 4-angled, branched, smooth.
Leaves opposite, sessile, linear to lance-shaped, 1/2-1 1/2 in. long.
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.
Fruit a 2-sectioned, many-seeded, cylindric capsule.


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