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Lythrum alatum
Also called Angled Purple-loosestrife, Winged Loosestrife, Northern Winged Loosestrife, Wing Angle Loosestrife
Lythrum alatum, commonly known as winged loosestrife, winged lythrum or (in Britain and Ireland) angled purple-loosestrife, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Lythraceae. It is endemic to wetland areas in central and eastern United States and Ontario.
Winged loosestrife is found growing in wet meadows and fens, pond and lake margins, beside streams and by railroads.
California loosestrife · Florida loosestrife · Grass-poly · Lythrum intermedium · False Grass-poly · Lythrum paradoxum · Spatulaleaf loosestrife · Purple-loosestrife · Threebract loosestrife · European wand loosestrife · Loosestrife
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lythrum alatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
