WINGED LOOSESTRIFE
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Lythrum alatum Pursh
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| Woodson County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 12-40 inches |
| Family: Lythraceae - Loosestrife Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July, August, September |
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| Stems: | | Plants glabrous. Stems erect, branched. | | Leaves: | | Alternate or proximal opposite to subopposite; blade gray-green abaxially, dark green adaxially, not glaucous, ovate to lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, .6 to 1.6 inches long, .28 to .6 inch wide, not fleshy, margins entire, base clasping or auricled, rounded to subcordate. | | Inflorescences: | | Axillary, 1-2-flowered. Pedicels 0 to .12 inch. | | Flowers: | | Dimorphic, radially symmetric; hypanthium narrowly obconic, .16 to .28 inch; calyx lobes 6, triangular, alternating with 6 attenuate appendages about 2 times as long as calyx lobes; petals 6, purple or purplish pink, obovate, .12 to .28 inch, appearing crumpled; stamens 6; pistil 1; style 1; stigma 1. | | Fruits: | | Capsules membranous, cylindric, outer wall smooth. Seeds numerous, reddish brown, .02 to .03 inch. | | Habitat: | | Marshes, muddy to sandy shores of ponds and reservoirs, wet depressions, ditches | | Distribution: | | Occurs throughout Kansas | | Origin: | | Native | | Comments: | | Lythrum blood, alluding to the color of the flowers of some species and alatum, winged. |
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