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Definition of Hyssop loosestrife
1. Noun. Annual with small solitary pink flowers; originally of Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas.
Group relationships: Genus Lythrum, Lythrum
Generic synonyms: Loosestrife
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyssop Loosestrife
Literary usage of Hyssop loosestrife
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"... is called also Milk Willow; (c) L. Hyssopifolia L. (H. parvi- flora Opiz.), Europe
and Asia, adv. in US, is hyssop loosestrife or Grass Poly. 1251. ..."
2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Lythrum alatum Pursh Winged loosestrife Herbaceous perennial Swamps, wet meadows,
marshy shorelines and ditches. Lythrum hyssopifolia L. hyssop loosestrife ..."
3. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"Lythrum hyssopifolium L. hyssop loosestrife. (Man. p. 649 ; IF/ ¡545-} Borders
of salt marshes, Me. to Pa. andN. ..."