settings
1984 vocabulary
3 plants, trees, botany terms
help & settings
[x]
-
loosestrife
-
synonyms: Lythrum salicaria ???
tags: [botany]
► definition
Definition:a flowering plant native to Europe and an aggressively invasive weed in Canada and the United States. It takes over large tracts of land, choking out native vegetation and harming the indiginous wildlife. It is now illegal to sell or plant this weed in most US states.
photo 1: US Department of Transportation [Public domain] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Purple_loosestrife.jpg
► uses
Uses:
Winston noticed some tufts of loosestrife growing in the cracks of the cliff beneath them.
help with search