Family

Lythraceae

42 species · Plants

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Adenaria floribunda Kunth

Adenaria floribunda is the only species in the monotypic Lythraceae genus Adenaria, native to parts of the Americas.

Scarlet Toothcup

Ammannia coccinea Rottb.

Ammannia coccinea is an annual loosestrife family flowering plant native to most of the contiguous United States.

Grand Ammannia

Ammannia robusta Heer ex Regel

Ammannia robusta Heer ex Regel is an annual herb that grows in moist places, with specific morphological features described here.

False heather

Cuphea hyssopifolia Kunth

Cuphea hyssopifolia Kunth is a small ornamental flowering shrub widely cultivated in gardens, and it is a naturalized serious weed in Hawaii.

Cuphea racemosa (L.fil.) Spreng.

Cuphea racemosa (L.fil.) Spreng., a plant with white flowers, is used for diarrhea, bone pain (using crushed and boiled leaves/roots) and ulcers (boiling three buds in two cups of water for nine - morning intake).

blue waxweed

Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.

Cuphea viscosissima is a sticky-stemmed herbaceous loosestrife native to eastern US that blooms purple-red flowers in late summer.

swamp loosestrife

Decodon verticillatus (L.) Elliott

Decodon verticillatus (waterwillow) is a shrubby aquatic perennial that forms thickets across eastern North America.

lampati

Duabanga grandiflora (Roxb. ex DC.) Walp.

Duabanga grandiflora is an evergreen tropical tree native to South and East Asia, with distinctive growth, scented April blooms, and soft white wood.

sun opener

Heimia salicifolia (Kunth) Link

Heimia salicifolia is a loosestrife family flowering plant native to the Americas, used for shamanic purposes by native Central American and Mexican peoples.

Crape-myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica L.

Lagerstroemia indica, commonly called crape myrtle, is a popular cultivated flowering tree or shrub native to subtropical Asia.

Giant Crepe-myrtle

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.

Lagerstroemia speciosa is a deciduous ornamental tree with multiple common names, used ornamentally and for herbal and medicinal purposes.

Subcostate Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia subcostata Koehne

Lagerstroemia subcostata Koehne is a deciduous tree, whose variety is used to create popular ornamental hybrid crape myrtles.

Winged Loosestrife

Lythrum alatum Pursh

Lythrum alatum Pursh, or winged loosestrife, is an upright herbaceous flowering plant that grows in wet and disturbed open areas.

California loosestrife

Lythrum californicum Torr. & A.Gray

Lythrum californicum, or California loosestrife, is a non-weedy perennial flowering herb native to western/central North America.

Hyssop Loosestrife

Lythrum hyssopifolia L.

Lythrum hyssopifolia is a European loosestrife that grows as an introduced weed in other regions, bearing pinkish flowers and hyssop-like leaves.

False Grass-poly

Lythrum junceum Banks & Sol.

Lythrum junceum Banks & Sol. is a small perennial herb native to parts of Europe, West Asia, and Macaronesia that grows in freshwater habitats.

Water-purslane

Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb

Lythrum portula, a loosestrife native to Europe, is a prostrate annual flowering herb that typically grows in moist habitats.

purple loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria L.

Lythrum salicaria, or purple loosestrife, is a flowering herb native to Eurasia, northern Africa and Australia, used medicinally and as an ornamental.