Specimen Information

Lythrum salicaria
Lythrum salicaria
(purple loosestrife)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID213647
GroupPlants
GenusLythrum
Speciessalicaria
Common Namepurple loosestrife
StateKS
CountyLyon
LocalityEmporia State University, Emporia, one half mile east of the campus
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameNeosho Headwaters
HUC8 Number11070201
Map
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Collection Day8
Collection Month7
Collection Year1968
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusextirpated
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 Along the floodplain of the Neosha River.Could not be relocated in 1977 or 1978 (McGregor 1978). CollectorNumber: Johncour s.n. (KSTC)
Record TypeLiterature
Museum Cat Numberherb/KSTC
Verifier
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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