purple loosestrife

English

purple loosestrife flower

Noun

purple loosestrife (countable and uncountable, plural purple loosestrifes)

1. A semi-aquatic herbaceous plant, Lythrum salicaria, having long spikes of purple flowers, native to Eurasia, considered invasive in North America and New Zealand.

Synonyms

• (Lythrum salicaria): purple lythrum, spiked loosestrife1; long purples (literary, disputed)

Translations

Lythrum salicaria

• Finnish: rantakukka (fi)
• Romanian: răchitan (ro) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: fackelblomster n

References

• purple loosestrife on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lythrum salicaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lythrum salicaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies