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| General Information | |
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| Symbol: | LYSA2 |
| Group: | Dicot |
| Family: | Lythraceae |
| Duration: |
Perennial |
| Growth Habit: |
Forb/herb Subshrub |
| Native Status: |
CAN I L48 I SPM I |
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Synonyms
| Symbol | Scientific Name |
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| LYSAG | Lythrum salicaria L. var. gracilior Turcz. |
| LYSAT | Lythrum salicaria L. var. tomentosum (Mill.) DC. |
| LYSAV | Lythrum salicaria L. var. vulgare DC. |
Classification
| Rank | Scientific Name and Common Name |
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| 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 salicaria L. – purple loosestrife |
Subordinate Taxa
Legal Status
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| 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. | |
| Alabama
purple loosestrife
Class B noxious weed
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| Arizona
purple loosestrife
Prohibited noxious weed
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| Arkansas
purple loosestrife
Noxious weed
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| California
purple loosestrife
B list (noxious weeds)
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| Colorado
purple loosestrife
A list (noxious weeds)
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| Connecticut
purple loosestrife
Invasive, banned
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| Florida
purple loosestrife
Prohibited aquatic plant, Class 1
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| Idaho
purple loosestrife
Noxious weed
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| Indiana
purple loosestrife
Permit required
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| Iowa
purple loosestrife
Secondary noxious weed
1
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| Massachusetts
purple loosestrife
Prohibited
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| Michigan | |
| Minnesota
purple loosestrife
Prohibited noxious weed
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| Missouri
purple loosestrife
Noxious weed
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| Montana
purple loosestrife, lythrum
Category 2 noxious weed
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| Nebraska
purple loosestrife
Noxious weed
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| Nevada
purple loosestrife
Noxious weed
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| New Mexico
purple loosestrife
Class A noxious weed
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| North Carolina | |
| North Dakota
purple loosestrife
Noxious weed
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| Ohio
purple loosestrife
Prohibited noxious weed
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| Oregon
purple loosestrife
"B" designated weed
purple loosestrife
Quarantine
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| Pennsylvania
purple loosestrife
Noxious weed
4
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| South Carolina
purple loosestrife
Invasive aquatic plant
purple loosestrife
Plant pest
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| South Dakota
purple loosestrife
Noxious weed
purple loosestrife
Regulated non-native plant species
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| Tennessee
purple loosestrife
Plant pest
5
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| Texas
purple loosestrife
Noxious plant
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| Utah
purple loosestrife
Noxious weed
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| Vermont
purple loosestrife
Class B noxious weed
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| Virginia
purple loosestrife
Noxious weed
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| Washington
purple loosestrife
Class B noxious weed
purple loosestrife
Quarantine
6
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| Wisconsin | |
| Wyoming
purple loosestrife
Noxious weed
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1it is illegal to import, sell, offer for sale, or distribute the seeds or the plants of purple loosestrife in any form
2any nonnative member of the genus Lythrum or hybrid of the genus is prohibited from sale
3any Lythrum spp. not native to North Carolina
4including all cultivars
5and related cultivars
6any hybrid cross
7any nonnative member of the genus Lythrum or hybrids thereof
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| U.S. Weed Information | |
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Lythrum salicaria
purple loosestrife
purple lythrum
rainbow weed
salicaire
spiked loosestrife
This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of
Weeds of the U.S.
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| STATE | Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments. |
| Cal-IPC | California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California. |
| N'EAST | Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal,and J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. |
| NE&GP | Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. |
| SEEPPC | Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee. |
| SWSS | Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois. |
| WI | Hoffman, R.and K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin. |
| WSWS | Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. |
Wetland Status
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Wildlife
Food
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Description of Values
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