Lythraceae FAMILY

Lythrum salicaria

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lythrum salicaria is a perennial plant that can grow up to 1.00 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope, including Britain, south to N. Africa east to western and northern Asia. N. America..

HabitatReed swamps at the margins of lakes and slow-flowing rivers, fens and marshes, avoiding acid soils[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].