purple-loosestrife / عود الريح الأرجواني / / حنائيه

loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria L.

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Edibility and Usage

Blooming period
June to November
Seed collection period
October to December

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Pink
  • Violet
Life form
  • Hemicryptophyte
Foliage
Deciduous

Scientifc data

Genus
Lythrum
Family
Lythraceae
Wikidata item
Q157513
GBIF Item
Lythrum salicaria L. (3188736)

References

  1. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  2. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  3. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.

Citation

Lythrum salicaria L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/2235 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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