FOIBIS

Species Details -
Lythrum salicaria L.  

Accepted name: Lythrum salicaria L.  
Synonym(s):
English names: Spiked Loosestrife
Purple Loosestrife
French names: Lythrum salicaire
Classification: Kingdom:  Plantae
Divison:   Magnoliophyta
Class:   Magnoliopsida
Order:   Myrtales
Family:   Lythraceae
OPL Code: HLYTSA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998)
Lifeform: 2
Lifecycle: P
Source database: FOIBIS, June 2005-2012
Floristic Affinities: -
Distribution: -
Ecosystem:
Microhabitat:
Ethnobotanical Notes: Compound decoction of plants taken for fever and sickness caused by the dead(*8)(3).
Key Characters: -

Species Codes
NRVIS ID
121010
General Status
OMNR Status
COSEWIC
SRANK
SE5
GRANK
G5
Med Flag
MED
Bayer Codes
LYTSA
 


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