Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Lythraceae

Ammannia - [maps | photos]

• Ammannia coccinea Rottb.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: valley redstem

• Ammannia robusta Heer & Regel
  Common Name: grand redstem
  Synonyms:
  

         • Ammannia coccinea Rottb. ssp. robusta (Heer & Regel) Koehne

Cuphea - [maps | photos]

• Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: blue waxweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cuphea petiolata (L.) Koehne

Decodon - [maps | photos]

• Decodon verticillatus (L.) Ell.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: swamp loosestrife

Didiplis - [maps | photos]

• Didiplis diandra (Nutt. ex DC.) Wood (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: water purslane
  Synonyms:
  

         • Peplis diandra Nutt. ex DC.

Lagerstroemia - [maps | photos]

• Lagerstroemia indica * L.
  Common Name: crape myrtle

Lythrum - [maps | photos]

• Lythrum alatum Pursh var. alatum
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: winged lythrum

• Lythrum alatum Pursh var. lanceolatum (Elliot) Torr. & A. Gray ex Rothr.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: winged lythrum

• Lythrum salicaria * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: purple loosestrife

Rotala - [maps | photos]

• Rotala ramosior (L.) Koehne
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: lowland rotala

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.