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Lythrum paradoxum is an erect woody shrub of the loosestrife family, native to eastern and central Australia, growing 0.6 to 1 m tall. It is best grown in moist to wet soil, mimicking its natural creekside habitat.
Lythrum paradoxum is a plant in the Lythraceae family and was first described in 1897 by Bernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne.
It is an erect woody plant growing to heights of 0.6 to 1 m.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lythrum paradoxum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
