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Digital Herbaria

Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum

Lythrum alatum Pursh var. lanceolatum (Elliott) Torr. & A. Gray ex Rothr.

Winged Lythrum, Lance-leaf Loosestrife

Lythraceae (Loosestrife Family)

USDA Symbol: LYALL
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)







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Specimen & Label Data

Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum

Lanceleaf Loosestrife

Lythraceae

Location: E side Salado Creek, 20 m S of low water crossing from main base to the Pershing Firing Range on Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio.
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: In heavy shade, mud/moist soil of creek bank, often flooded. Few.

Description: Erect perennial, to 50 cm tall, unbranched. Leaves opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, basally cuneate, acute to acuminate at apex, to 55 mm long x 12 mm wide. Inflorescence small recemes in upper axils. Petals lavender blue. Seed numerous.

County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 24, 1994
Specimen number: 616

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0902
Accession Date: Aug 23, 1994
Accession Number: 66

Annotations: SCFRB (In flower/fruit)

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