Lythraceae

False grass-poly

Lythrum junceum Banks & Sol.

Family: Lythraceae
Genus: Lythrum

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False grass-poly: Lythrum junceum , Blutweiderichgewächse (Lythraceae) - Italien/Italia/Italy: Kalabrien/Calabria, Prov. Reggio Calabria, Aspromonte, bei San Peri, SSE Scilla — Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (9)

Dutch: Kruipkattenstaart
English: False grass-poly
Finnish: Pikkurantakukka
French: Salicaire Jonc
German: Binsen-Weiderich, Binsenartiger Weiderich
Hebrew: שנית מתפתלת
Spanish: Vara florida española, Vara florida portuguesa
Swedish: Småfackelblomster
Welsh: Ffug-wyarllys

Synonyms

Lythrum acutangulum f. brevistyla Willk. & Lange
Lythrum acutangulum f. longistyla Willk. & Lange
Lythrum acutangulum f. mediostyla Willk. & Lange
Lythrum graefferi Ten.
Lythrum graefferi f. album P.Silva
Lythrum lineare Tornab.
Lythrum monanthum Link ex Steud.

Photos

Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marie Portas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marie Portas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Liliane Roubaudi, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Liliane Roubaudi, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.