Purple loosestrife - Purple loosestrife

Japanese: エゾミソハギ - えぞみそはぎ

A perennial plant of the Lythraceae family (APG classification: Lythraceae). It is similar to Lythrum salicaria, but is distinguished by its hairy calyx, stems, and leaves, and the base of the leaves clasping the stem. It grows in wetlands from Hokkaido to Kyushu, and is distributed in the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, China, eastern Siberia, Central Asia, Europe, and North Africa, and has also naturalized in North America, where it has many variations.

[Junko Kobayashi, August 20, 2020]

[References] | Lythrum salicaria

Purple loosestrife
The plant has spike-like hairs all over, and the base of the leaves clasp the stem. It produces crimson-purple flowers in August. There are many horticultural varieties, and they are used in flower beds and as cut flowers. ©Seishohmaru ">

Purple loosestrife

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ミソハギ科（APG分類：ミソハギ科）の多年草。ミソハギに似るが、エゾミソハギは萼(がく)や茎、葉も有毛で、葉の基部が茎を抱き、区別される。北海道から九州の湿地に生え、千島、樺太(からふと)（サハリン）、朝鮮半島、中国、東シベリア、中央アジア、ヨーロッパ、北アフリカに分布し、北アメリカにも帰化して変異が多い。

［小林純子　2020年8月20日］

[参照項目] | ミソハギ

エゾミソハギ

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