Lythrum salicaria, Purple loosestrife - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Purple loosestrife, Spiked loosestrife, Purple lythrum

Botanical name & synonyms: Lythrum salicaria, Chabraea vulgaris, Lythrum cinereum, Lythrum intermedium, Lythrum palustre, Lythrum spicatum, Lythrum spiciforme, Lythrum tomentosum, Salicaria hyssopifolia, Salicaria spicata, Salicaria vulgaris

Family: (Lythraceae)

• native to Eurasia, Australia
  

• perennial
  

• 50 to 120cm
  

• flower VI to IX
  

• plant community: wet meadow
  

• for bees, for butterflies
  

• medicinal plant
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 0,04 gram