Lythrum salicaria, Purple Loosestrife, Purple lythrum,
Rainbow weed, Spiked loosestrife, שנית גדולה
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| | Scientific name: |
| Lythrum salicaria L. |
| Common name |
| Purple Loosestrife, Purple lythrum, Rainbow weed, Spiked loosestrife |
| Hebrew name: |
| שנית גדולה |
| Family: |
| Lytheraceae, כפריים |
Date Picture Taken: October 17, 2007
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| | Life form: |
| Hemicryptophyte |
| Leaves: |
| Opposite, entire |
| Flowers: |
| Pink |
| Flowering Period: |
| June, July, August, September, October, November |
| Habitat: |
| Humid habitats |
| Distribution: |
| The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Deserts and extreme deserts |
| Chorotype: |
| Plurireginalbor-trop |
| Summer shedding: |
| Perenating |
Date Picture Taken: August 28, 2007
Derivation of the botanical name:
Lythrum, Greek lythron, "blood," from the color of the flowers.
salicaria, salix, a willow-tree, arius, connected to or possessed by; willow like.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
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