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Life form: |
| Hemicryptophyte |
Stems: |
| 80-220 cm high, erect, 4-angled, pubescent;becoming woody with age |
Leaves: |
| Stalkless leaves, opposite, entire, lanceolate to narrowly oblong, sometimes covered with fine hairs; the variability in pubescence and leaf shape is influenced by light levels - leaf area increases and fine hairs decrease with lower light levels |
Inflorescence: |
| Flower spikes, 1- to multi-flowered whorled axillary cymes, 15-35 cm |
Flowers: |
| Pink, complete flower, 5-7 petals, same number of sepals as petals, and twice as many stamens as petals; usually 6 sepals, 6 petals, 12 stamens; ovary superior, with two fused carpels |
Fruits / pods: |
| Capsule, two-valved |
Flowering Period: |
| June, July, August, September, October, November |
Habitat: |
| Humid habitats |
Distribution: |
| The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Deserts and extreme deserts |
Chorotype: |
| Plurireginalbor-trop |
Summer shedding: |
| Perenating |
Derivation of the botanical name:
Lythrum, Greek lythron, "blood," from the color of the flowers.
salicaria, salix, a willow-tree, arius, connected to or possessed by; willow like.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
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