Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
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- Type: Flowering Plant
- Family: Lythrceae
- Genus: Lythrum
- Species: salicaria
- Colour: Purple
- Habitat: Lakes
- Habitat: Ponds
- Habitat: Streams & Rivers
- Site:Allotment
- Site:East London
- Site:UK
- Site:Wanstead
- Month:August
- Photographer:RKS