Lythrum salicaria
Lythrum salicaria
Hevhulma
Stout, ± densely pubescent perennial; stems 20-180 cm, winged, sparingly branched. Leaves 10-70 mm, ovate to narrowly lanceolate, truncate to subcordate at base, sessile. Inflorescence a ± dense verticillate spike. Flowers 3-8, in axillary cymose whorls, trimorphic; hypanthium 4-5 mm, broadly tubular in flower and fruit; epicalyx segments 2,5-3,5 mm, subulate; sepals 0,5-1 mm, deltate; petals 8-12 mm, purple; stamens 12. Capsule 3-4 mm, ovoid, included within the hypanthium. Fl. 6-8. Wet places by lakes and streams, dry river beds, etc., 100-2000 m.
Eurasia. Euro-Sib. element.
