| Common Name: | Purple loosestrife |
| Family: | Lythraceae |
| Genus: | Lythrum |
| Species: | salicaria |
| Classification/Rank: | Very Invasive |
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| Habitat/Range: | • aquatic invasive plant. • one common site documented near the Canfor sawmill in Houston; a 2008 inventory did not find the species |
• perennial herb from rhizome that grows 0.5 to 2.0m tall
• stems erect, simple to branched above
• basal leaves lacking; stem leaves opposite or sometimes alternate above, lance shaped, pointed at the tips, short hairy to soft hairy
• flowers are purple, 5 to 6 petals, bracted spikes
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