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Lythrum salicaria (Purple loosestrife)

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L.): flowering stem with separate flowers and calyx. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria): flowering stems. Watercolour, 1908.

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Lythrum salicaria (Purple loosestrife)

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria): flowering stems. Watercolour, 1908.

Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L.): flowering stem with separate flowers and calyx. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.