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Common flower but don't know name
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Mon, Feb 13, 12 at 0:08
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RE: Common flower but don't know name
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Mon, Feb 13, 12 at 1:24
| Lythrum. A prohibited noxious weed in at least part of North America, due to how it invades wetlands. |
RE: Common flower but don't know name
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| I agree. Lythrum salicaria, commonly known as Purple Loosestrife. |
RE: Common flower but don't know name
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| Make sure you cut off the flowers before it goes to seed. Very pretty, but it is not native and spreads quickly, choking out the native plants that the native wildlife depends on...off with its head, I'm afraid! Easy to pull up by the roots. |
RE: Common flower but don't know name
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| It is similar but varies quite a bit from the variety that grows here in Michigan. |
Here is a link that might be useful: West Michigan flora and fauna
RE: Common flower but don't know name
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If anyone is having a problem with the graphics loading at westmichiganflorafauna in the previous posting I think the problem may be that the site is misinterpreting links as "hot linking"; try entering the url in manually instead of following the link.
http://westmichiganfloraandfauna.cadethelper.info/purpleloosestrife.ht
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If anyone had a problem with the graphics not loading at
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RE: Common flower but don't know name
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| Michigan link images still not showing up for me. I agree that OP's image in question is purple loosestrife. |
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