Specimen Information

Lythrum salicaria
Lythrum salicaria
(purple loosestrife)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID213605
GroupPlants
GenusLythrum
Speciessalicaria
Common Namepurple loosestrife
StateIN
CountyMarion
LocalityIrvington, about 1 mile southeast of Irvington.
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameUpper White
HUC8 Number05120201
Map
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Collection Month7
Collection Year1925
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
CommentsThirty well established clumps ... scattered along the banks of a stream for a half mile. Probably spread from an old estate a half mile upstream. type intro = escape cultivation CollectorNumber: Freisner s.n. (BUT)
Record TypeLiterature
Museum Cat Numberherb/Butler Univ., Indiana
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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