Index / Search / Lythrum salicaria
§1 Plant
Lythrum salicaria L.
vernacular purple loosestrife — species · Lythraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Lythraceae J. St.-Hil.
- Genus
- Lythrum
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 563 counties across 41 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 563 counties across 41 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
California view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Butte 06007
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Humboldt 06023
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Marin 06041
- Mendocino 06045
- Monterey 06053
- Nevada 06057
- Placer 06061
- San Diego 06073
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Sutter 06101
- Yolo 06113
- Yuba 06115
Colorado view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Benewah 16009
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Boundary 16021
- Camas 16025
- Canyon 16027
- Clearwater 16035
- Elmore 16039
- Fremont 16043
- Gem 16045
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Jefferson 16051
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Minidoka 16067
- Owyhee 16073
- Payette 16075
- Power 16077
- Twin Falls 16083
- Washington 16087
Illinois view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Carroll 17015
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Marshall 17123
- McHenry 17111
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Pope 17151
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Vermilion 17183
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Boone 21015
- Boyd 21019
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Campbell 21037
- Clay 21051
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Gallatin 21077
- Greenup 21089
- Henderson 21101
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- Martin 21159
- Mason 21161
- McCracken 21145
- Pike 21195
- Rockcastle 21203
- Scott 21209
- Shelby 21211
- Woodford 21239
Maine view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 39 I ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Delta 26041
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Saginaw 26145
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Carlton 27017
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Itasca 27061
- Kittson 27069
- Mahnomen 27087
- Mower 27099
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Stevens 27149
- Wadena 27159
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 37 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Greene 36039
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 50 I ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Columbiana 39029
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Geauga 39055
- Hamilton 39061
- Hardin 39065
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Monroe 39111
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Washington 39167
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oregon view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Benton 41003
- Clackamas 41005
- Clatsop 41007
- Columbia 41009
- Coos 41011
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lane 41039
- Lincoln 41041
- Linn 41043
- Malheur 41045
- Marion 41047
- Morrow 41049
- Multnomah 41051
- Polk 41053
- Tillamook 41057
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Washington 41067
- Yamhill 41071
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 36 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Gloucester 51073
- Hanover 51085
- James City 51095
- Louisa 51109
- New Kent 51127
- Northumberland 51133
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Rockbridge 51163
- Scott 51169
- Wise 51195
Washington view state ↗ 36 I ▾
- Adams 53001
- Asotin 53003
- Benton 53005
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Clark 53011
- Columbia 53013
- Cowlitz 53015
- Douglas 53017
- Franklin 53021
- Grant 53025
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- Jefferson 53031
- King 53033
- Kitsap 53035
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Mason 53045
- Okanogan 53047
- Pacific 53049
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Spokane 53063
- Stevens 53065
- Thurston 53067
- Wahkiakum 53069
- Walla Walla 53071
- Whatcom 53073
- Whitman 53075
- Yakima 53077
West Virginia view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 40 I ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Douglas 55031
- Forest 55041
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LYSA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3188736 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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