Plants Profile for Lythrum hyssopifolium (hyssop loosestrife)

General Information
Symbol:	LYHY3
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Lythraceae
Duration:	Annual Biennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN I L48 I
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 580. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
LYAD2	Lythrum adsurgens Greene
LYHY2	Lythrum hyssopifolia L., orth. var.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Lythraceae – Loosestrife family
Genus	Lythrum L. – loosestrife
Species	Lythrum hyssopifolium L. – hyssop loosestrife

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Michigan Lythrum purple loosestrife Sale prohibited ¹
North Carolina Lythrum Class B noxious weed ²
Wisconsin Lythrum purple loosestrife Nuisance weed ³
¹any nonnative member of the genus Lythrum or hybrid of the genus is prohibited from sale ²any Lythrum spp. not native to North Carolina ³any nonnative member of the genus Lythrum or hybrids thereof

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	OBL
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	OBL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	OBL
Midwest	OBL
Northcentral & Northeast	OBL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	OBL