Plants Profile for Lythrum lineare (wand lythrum)

General Information
Symbol:	LYLI2
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Lythraceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Walter S. Judd. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

©Larry Allain. USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC). Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 581. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Lythraceae – Loosestrife family
Genus	Lythrum L. – loosestrife
Species	Lythrum lineare L. – wand lythrum

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
New York saltmarsh loosestrife Endangered

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Michigan Lythrum purple loosestrife Sale prohibited ¹
North Carolina Lythrum Class B noxious weed ²
Wisconsin Lythrum purple loosestrife Nuisance weed ³
¹any nonnative member of the genus Lythrum or hybrid of the genus is prohibited from sale ²any Lythrum spp. not native to North Carolina ³any nonnative member of the genus Lythrum or hybrids thereof

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	OBL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	OBL
Northcentral & Northeast	OBL