Lythraceae
Thymeleaf loosestrife
Lythrum thymifolia
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Genus
- Lythrum
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Thymeleaf loosestrife
- Finnish
- Neulasrantakukka
- Macedonian
- Тимјанолистен врболист
- Swedish
- Barrfackelblomster
Synonyms
- Chabraea serpyllifolia Bubani
- Editeles thymifolia (L.) Raf.
- Lythrum hybridum Klokov
- Lythrum hyssopifolia subsp. melanospermum (Săvul. & Zahar.) Seregin
- Lythrum hyssopifolia subsp. thymifolia (L.) Batt.
- Lythrum hyssopifolia var. thymifolia (L.) Ball
- Lythrum melanospermum Săvul. & Zahar.
- Lythrum strictum Willd. ex Koehne
- Lythrum thymifolia var. diffusa Lange
- Lythrum thymifolia var. erecta Lange
- Lythrum thymophyllum St.-Lag.
- Middendorfia melanosperma (Săvul. & Zahar.) Tacik
- Middendorfia thymifolia (L.) Tacik
- Salica lythastrum Hill
- Salicaria thymifolia (L.) Lam.
Flowers
- In flower
- May (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Vasily Moryashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ortiz Sanz Susana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Clément Maouche, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Antoine Thivolle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.