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    Species Accepted

    Lythrum salicaria L.

    Purple-Loosestrife
    EukaryotaPlantae...Lythrum
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 13 countries or islands

      13 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      ArgentinaNo
      AustraliaNo
      CanadaYes
      ChileYes
      GeorgiaNo
      IndiaNo
      MexicoYes
      Saint Pierre and MiquelonNo
      United States of AmericaNo
      United States of AmericaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      33 results
      Almindelig kattehale Danish
      Blut-Weiderich German
      Gewöhnlicher Blutweiderich (DE)
      Grote kattenstaart Dutch
      Gwaedllys Mawr Welsh
      Gwaedlys Welsh
      Gwaedlys Mawr Welsh
      Gwarllys Welsh
      Gwyarllys Welsh
      Gwyarllys Pigog Welsh

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      5 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      72 results
      L. (1753). Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 446 (1753). Published in
      Prodr. 3: 83 (1828)
      Schult. (1814). Oesterr. Fl., ed. 2, 2: 5 (1814).
      Steud. Nomencl. Bot.
      Moench. Methodus.
      Koch, W. D. J. (1836). Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 1: 247 (1836), nom. illeg.
      Sweet. Hort. Brit.
      Ledeb. Fl. Ross.
      Koehne. Pflanzenr.
      Val.N.Tikhom. (2025). Konspekt Fl. Vost. Evr. 2(1): 19 (2025).

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