LYTHRUML. - LOOSETRIFE
Scientific Description:
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate or whorled, sessile or shortly petiolate. Flowers 1(−2) in the leaf axils or arranged in 3−8-flowered cymes ultimately forming terminal spikes. Flowers bracteolate, 4(−6)-merous; hypanthium pelviform, campanulate or cylindrical; epicalyx present; stamens 2−12. Fruit a capsule dehiscing septicidally or by 4 small teeth (including Peplis L. , Middendorfia Trautv.).
Reference:
Chamberlain DF (1972). Lythrum L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 4: 174.
Public Description:
Lythrum is a genus of herbaceous annuals or perennials, known as “loosetrife”, and is native to the temperate world. There are approximately 30 species in the world and 9 species (9 taxa) in Türkiye. Typically they have square stems, narrow stalkless leaves, and spikes of star-shaped flowers in shades of purple, pink and white. They are especially associated with marsh, river banks and ponds, though in cultivation they often tolerate drier conditions.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lythrum, Accessed date: 27.02.2016.
Anonymous 2 (2016). https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/genus/lythrum/, Accessed date: 27.02.2016.
Anonymous 3 (2016). http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Lythraceae/Lythrum/, Accessed date: 27.02.2016.
Aydınkal R M (2012). Lythrum L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 616.
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