Ohio State University Plant Dictionary

Scientific Name:
Lythrum virgatum

Family:
Purple Loosestrife

Family:
Lythraceae

Description:
Purple Loosestrife often takes about three years to achieve mature size in the landscape, when a sufficient number of stems originate from the crown to give this upright perennial a dense head of wispy, pink-lavendar inflorescences.

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