WINGED LOOSESTRIFE (Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum)
WHAT FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT IS BLOOMING TODAY?: WINGED LOOSESTRIFE (Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum)
Likes it moist/wet. Loved by bees and other pollinators; hummingbirds.
Learn: http://www.fnps.org/plants/plant/lythrum-alatum-var-lanceolatum
Larval host: Psyche casta (bagworm moth)
Native American Ethnobotany for this genus: http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Lythrum+alatum
Where does it grow in Florida? http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3282
Seeds available: http://www.fnps.org/plants/plant/lythrum-alatum-var-lanceolatum
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