Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Lythrum californicum
Lythrum californicum Torr. & A. Gray
California Loosestrife
Lythraceae (Loosestrife Family)
USDA Symbol: LYCA4USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Lythrum californicum
California Loostrife
Lythraceae
Location: Hwy 16 about 2.5 miles west of Helotes, on the center median.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun, stoney, but still generous amounts of good soil, rain runs off road for extra water.
Description: Upright, much branched to about 70 cm tall. Leaves narrow-linear, sessile. Flowers-purple, over 1 cm wide with obovate petals. Stamens exserted slightly.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Jun 10, 1996
Specimen number: 197
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1078
Accession Date: Jul 23, 1996
Accession Number: 91
Annotations: SCFRB (Flower/Fruit)