Details of genus: Lythrum L. [522]
genus_ja:
genus_en: Loosestrife
# spp.:
pub_year:
accepted: Accepted
Family: Lythraceae
family_ja: ミソハギ
Infra familial classification:
distribution_en:
description_en: Genus of 38 species of annuals and perennials found in moist meadows and scrub, and in ditches and riversides, in N. temperate regions. They have 4-angled stems and usually opposite, ovate to lance-shaped or linear, stalkless leaves, which are occasionally softly hairy. Small, star-shaped or shallowly funnel-shaped, purple, pink, or rarely White flowers are produced singly or in groups from the leaf axils, sometimes forming spike-like racemes. Loosestrifes are long-flowering, and effective in a moist border, or bog garden, or naturalized near water. Some provide attractive autumn colour. A few species have become noxious weeds in the USA.
hardiness_en: Fully hardy.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Sow seed at 13-18°C (55-64°F) in spring. Divide in spring. Take basal cuttings in spring or early summer.
pests_en: Slugs and snails may damage young shoots.
description_ja:
comment: Cosmopolitan
comment_ja: ミソハギ
type_species:
Phylogenetic definition:
Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56
family:
| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Lythraceae | ミソハギ科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Lythraceae | ミソハギ科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Lythraceae | ミソハギ科 | Show |