Plants : LythraceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Lythrum salicaria L.

Purple-loosestrife

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Lythrum salicaria

Description: A tall and attractive herbaceous perennial of fens and wet places; fairly common throughout most of Northern Ireland in lowland situations.

All names: Lythrum salicaria L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Lythrum salicaria at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Lythrum salicaria at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Lythrum salicaria. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3524. Accessed on 2026-11-02.