Specimen Information

Lythrum salicaria
Lythrum salicaria
(purple loosestrife)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID213550
GroupPlants
GenusLythrum
Speciessalicaria
Common Namepurple loosestrife
StateNY
LocalityFlushing, Long Island
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameBronx
HUC8 Number02030102
Map
Collection Month8
Collection Year1864
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:10051
Author:Stuckey, R.L.
Date:1980
Title:Distributional history of Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) in North America.
Journal:Bartonia
Volume:47
Pages:3-20
Comments record is 54 years older than the previously reported first-known record of 1918 for Long Island. CollectorNumber: Allen (NYS)
Record TypeLiterature
Museum Cat NumberNYS
Verifier
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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