Lythraceae

Loosestrife

Lythrum borysthenicum (Schrank) Litv.

Family: Lythraceae
Genus: Lythrum

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Loosestrife (Lythrum borysthenicum) — FlowerPhoto: Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 四齒千屈菜, 四齿千屈菜
English: Loosestrife
French: Péplis Dressé
Kazakh: Қолтықгүл

Synonyms

Ammannia boraei Guépin
Ammannia borysthenica (M.Bieb. ex Schrank) DC.
Lythropsis peploides Welw. ex Koehne
Lythrum biflorum (Salzm. ex DC.) J.Gay
Lythrum biflorum var. aurantium (Emb. & Maire) Maire
Lythrum biflorum var. australe (J.Gay ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Emb. & Maire
Lythrum biflorum var. hispidulum (Durieu) Emb. & Maire
Lythrum boraei (Guépin) Klokov
Lythrum borysthenicum subsp. hispidulum (Durieu) O.Bolòs & Vigo
Lythrum borysthenicum var. biflorum (Salzm. ex DC.) Vasc.
Lythrum borysthenicum var. erectum (Req. ex Moris) O.Bolòs & Vigo
Lythrum borysthenicum var. hispidulum (Durieu) Vasc.
Lythrum hispidulum (Durieu) Koehne
Lythrum loiseleurii f. borysthenicum (M.Bieb. ex Schrank) Rouy & E.G.Camus
Lythrum loiseleurii subsp. hispidulum (Durieu) Rouy & E.G.Camus
Lythrum loiseleurii var. boraei (Guépin) Rouy & E.G.Camus
Lythrum loiseleurii var. oblongifolium Rouy & E.G.Camus
Lythrum nummulariifolium Loisel.
Lythrum nummulariifolium var. aurantium Emb. & Maire
Lythrum nummulariifolium var. australe (J.Gay ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Koehne
Lythrum nummulariifolium var. hispidulum (Durieu) Maire
Lythrum timeroyi Rouy & E.G.Camus
Middendorfia borysthenica (M.Bieb. ex Schrank) Trautv.
Middendorfia erecta (Req. ex Moris) Tacik
Middendorfia hamulosa Trautv.
Middendorfia hispidula (Durieu) Tacik
Middendorfia nummulariifolia (Loisel.) Tacik
Peplis australis J.Gay ex Samp.
Peplis australis J.Gay ex Schult. & Schult.f.
Peplis australis var. biflora (Salzm. ex DC.) Samp.
Peplis australis var. hispidula (Durieu) Samp.
Peplis australis var. timeroyi (Jord.) Samp.
Peplis biflora Salzm. ex DC.
Peplis boraei (Guépin) Jord.
Peplis boroei f. pygmaea Lange
Peplis borysthenica M.Bieb. ex Schrank
Peplis erecta Req. ex Moris
Peplis erecta subsp. timeroyi (Jord.) Nyman
Peplis erecta var. biflora (Salzm. ex DC.) Cout.
Peplis erecta var. hispidula (Durieu) Cout.

and 13 more.

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.