Scientific Name: Lythrum hyssopifolia
Common Name: small loosestrife
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Lythraceae
Form Description: Slender, erect annual herb with alternate leaves about 2cm long.
Height (m): 0.1 – 0.6
Flowers: Small, white to pinkish-mauve flowers, 5mm in diameter, which are borne in the leaf axils along the length of the stem. Alternate leaves and solitary flowers distinguish it from L. salicaria.
Fruit: Capsule
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Habitat Notes
Open vegetation prone to flooding, including roadside ditches.
General Notes
Often self-sows in open ground. Cuttings can be taken from non-flowering laterals in the middle of summer and struck outdoors in shade. Requires constant moisture.
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Treatment Method
Bog Method The seeds of many wetland species need to be kept wet to germinate. Punch a hole in the side of a recycled polyfoam box so that it holds water to the required depth. Sit the tubes in the box to germinate. Once germinated, punch holes in the bottom of the box to allow drainage.
Cutting & Division Information
Grown by division.