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Lythrum tribracteatum
Also called Three Bracted Loosestrife
Threebract loosestrife is a small annual herb in the loosestrife family that grows up to about 30 cm tall, usually in moist places such as pond margins. It needs wet or consistently moist soil and full sun to thrive.
Lythrum tribracteatum is a species of flowering plant in the loosestrife family known by the common name threebract loosestrife.
It is native to Europe, and it is found in parts of western North America as an introduced species. It often grows in moist habitat, such as ponds. This is an erect, branching annual herb growing up to about 30 centimeters in maximum height. The oblong leaves are up to 2.5 centimeters long and arranged oppositely on the lower stem, and alternately on the upper. Clusters of small flowers grow in the leaf axils, each with glandular bright red sepals and tiny lavender petals.
Grass-poly · Purple-loosestrife · European wand loosestrife · Loosestrife
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lythrum tribracteatum 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.
