Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum

loosestrife
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: John Bradford, Martin County Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: John Lampkin, Nature Coast FNPS
  • Photo by: John Lampkin, Nature Coast FNPS
  • Photo by: John Lampkin, Nature Coast FNPS
  • Photo by: John Lampkin, Nature Coast FNPS
  • Photo by: John Lampkin, Nature Coast FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

loosestrife

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum

Familia:

Lythraceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

flower

Tamaño:

2-3 ft tall.

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

lavender

Color de la fruta:

Fenología:

Winter dormant. Blooms in summer.

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Moist/wet wildflower garden.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, Seed

Propagación:

Seeds are available through the Florida Wildflowers Growers Cooperative.

Luz:

Full Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Stays wet -a- Somewhat moist, no flooding

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand

pH del suelo:

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B

Las zonas del USDA se basan en la temperatura mínima extrema invernal anual promedio.

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
Vouchered
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Butterflies

This plant is an insect magnet!







  • It attracts insects including long-tongued bees, green metallic bees, bee flies, butterflies, and skippers.


  • Among the long-tongued bees, are such visitors as honeybees, bumblebees, cuckoo bees ( Epeolus spp.,  Triepeolus spp.,  Coelioxys spp.), long-horned bees ( Melissodes spp.,  Svastra spp.), and leaf-cutting bees ( Megachile spp.). 


  • Syrphid flies feed on the pollen, but they are non-pollinating. (I llinois Wildflowers ).


Hábitats nativos:

Moist-wet sites. Wet flatwoods, roadside ditches in former flatwoods.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

Some literature sources suggest that this species may have some salt tolerance as it apparently grows along the upper edges of some salt marshes, but so far as we have seen recorded, not in Florida.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Hammer, Roger. (2015). Attracting Hummingbirds and Butterflies in Tropical Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Hilty, John. (2002-2018). Wetland Wildflowers of Illinois: Winged Loosestrife. ( https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/plants/wng_loosestrife.htm. Accessed 2026.


Nelson, Gil. (2003). Florida's Best Landscape Plants: 200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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