Lythrum hyssopifolia
Small Loosestrife at Watson, ACT
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| Lythrum hyssopifolia | Tapirlord | 2 Feb 2025 | |
| Calandrinia sp. | abread111 | 27 Jan 2025 | |
| Unverified | abread111 | 27 Jan 2025 |
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User's notes
on damp ground sloping into dam
leaves fleshy, stems squarish with fruit visible on stem in photo 2
5 comments
1 Feb 2025
Barb, I can't see the succulent leaves of C. in the 1st photo; apart from umbrella sedge your second photo seems to show 2 species: the flowering plant and a plant in the upper part right hand side which I think is the Common Sneezeweed with flower heads.
1 Feb 2025
OK, I cropped the second photo a bit. Ignore the sedge and Sneezeweed. You will have to download the image to see the details of the fruit on the stem.
2 Feb 2025
Flowers with six petals makes this Lythrum (Calandrinia should have 5). Note also the wetter habitat.
2 Feb 2025
Oha; many thanks for Id Ciaran; we don't come across Lythrum often; now I remember it in a drainline close to small dam further to the south...
Location information
- Coordinates 149.172437-35.224573
- Altitude 651.0m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 27 Jan 2025 10:16 AM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Lythrum hyssopifolia Scientific name
- Small Loosestrife Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 892.52m Recorded at altitude
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