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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lythrum alatum
FAMILY
Lythraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Northern Winged Loosestrife at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lythrum alatum var. alatum
FAMILY
Lythraceae
COMMON NAME:
Northern Winged Loosestrife
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_alatum
May
The corolla has six narrow lobes that spread outward from a tubular calyx, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_alatum_b
May
1-2 flowers in the axils of small leafy bracts, crowded along the spike, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_lythrum_alatum
June
To 3' tall, branching occasionally; central stem strongly winged, hairless, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_lythrum_alatum_c
June
Each corolla lobe has a fine line of purple that leads to the flower throat, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lythrum alatum
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lythrum alatum var. alatum
FAMILY
Lythraceae
3285
Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare
Look for it in calcareous meadows, marl fens, and disturbed wet calcareous places, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate above, opposite below
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Lavender/ Violet
Bisexual
6-toothed calyx
6-lobed corolla
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in a spike, borne in the axils of leafy bracts
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p147
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p183
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p106