Family Index

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Scientific Name

Lythrum hyssopifolia

Family Name

LYTHRACEAE

Common Name

Small Loosestrife

Status

Height

10-60cm

Flowers

Small, white to pinkish-mauve flowers, 5mm in diameter, which are borne in the leaf axils along the length of the stem.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Slender, erect annual herb with alternate leaves about 2cm long.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Clarence; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Open vegetation prone to flooding, including roadside ditches.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Propagation is by root division, by seed using the bog method (this species often self-sows in open ground), or cuttings can be taken from non-flowering laterals in the middle of summer and struck outdoors in shade. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Bog method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes