The Purple loosestrife is a herbaceous perennial plant.
Its habitat are the wetlands. Purple loosestrife will easely
spread near and in youre pond, by using its rhizomes.
Flowering of Purple loosestrife
Purple loosestrife flowers during the whole summer.
The flowers are quite showy and bright purple-red.
Thee are 3 miljon seeds produced yearly, and those
seeds are transported by wind , but also floating
on the water. By far the most productive way of
propagation is by the roots, and this will also
fasten the process of hydrosere: The pond will be
invaded by emergent plants such as Phragmites
(reed-grasses), Typha (cattail), and purple ,
loosestrive transforming the pond into the
Sedge-meadow stage.
leaves of the Purple loosestrife
In autumm the Purple loosestrive will show its redish
leaves. These leaves have a lanceolate shape and are
up to 1 decimeter long.
Purple loosestrife as an invasive species
In North America and Nieuw-Sealand the Purple loosestrive
has become an invasive species after introduction. But the
population has declined since then as theire natural
enemies toke there part. These are mainly weavels that feed
on flowers and leaves.
Purple loosestrife and cattails occupy the same niche
Lythraceae is a large family of flowering plants,,
some of them producing some strong dye. Most of the .
members live in the tropics.
on this website you can find: Purple loosestrive Pomegranate(Punica granatum)
Henna(Lawsonia inermis)
small loosestrive (Lythrum hyssopifolia)
Purple loosestrife, the color of the flower is somewhat variable
Purple loostrife is a good cutflower.
The square stem broadens when entering the water. .
