Plants Profile for Lythrum virgatum (European wand loosestrife)

General Information
Symbol:	LYVI3
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Lythraceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb Subshrub
Native Status:	L48 I
Data Source and Documentation

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

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

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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 virgatum L. – European wand loosestrife

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

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.
Iowa purple loosestrife Secondary noxious weed
Michigan Lythrum purple loosestrife Sale prohibited ¹
Minnesota European wand loosestrife Prohibited noxious weed
Montana purple loosestrife, lythrum Category 2 noxious weed
Nebraska purple loosestrife Noxious weed
Nevada purple loosestrife Noxious weed
North Carolina Lythrum Class B noxious weed ²
North Dakota purple loosestrife Noxious weed
South Dakota purple loosestrife Regulated non-native plant species
Tennessee purple loosestrife Plant pest ³
Virginia European wand loosestrife Noxious weed
Washington wand loosestrife Class B noxious weed purple loosestrife Quarantine ⁴
Wisconsin Lythrum purple loosestrife Nuisance weed ⁵
¹any nonnative member of the genus Lythrum or hybrid of the genus is prohibited from sale ²any Lythrum spp. not native to North Carolina ³and related cultivars ⁴any hybrid cross ⁵any nonnative member of the genus Lythrum or hybrids thereof

U.S. Weed Information
Lythrum Lythrum virgatum European wand loosestrife This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status