| Family |
Lythraceae |
| Scientific name |
Lythrum salicaria L. |
| Synonyms |
Lythrum argyi H. Léveillé; Lythrum intermedium Ledebour ex Colla; Lythrum
propinquum Weinmann; Lythrum quadrifolium Martius; Lythrum salicaria L.
var. glabricaule (Koehne) Kitagawa; Lythrum salicaria L. var. glabrum Ledebour;
Lythrum salicaria L. var. gracilior Turczaninow; Lythrum salicaria L. var.
intermedium (Ledebour ex Colla) Koehne; Lythrum salicaria L. var. mairei
H. Léveillé; Lythrum salicaria L. var. tomentosum (P. Miller) de Candolle;
Lythrum salicaria L. var. vulgare de Candolle; Lythrum salicaria L. var.
vulgare subvar. glabricaule Koehne; Lythrum tomentosum P. Miller |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) ezo-miso-hagi (エゾミソハギ, 蝦夷禊萩 [meaning: Ezo swamp
hagi (ezo = an old name of Hokkaido, hagi = Lespedeza species)]) |
| (English common name) grass-polly, purple loosestrif, spiked loosestrife |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Monfolia, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan,
Caucasus, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Europe, Algeria,
Morocco, Tunisia, Canada, USA |
| Habitat |
Swamp |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=50 |
| Description |
Plants electing 50-150cm tall, hairy, Flowers calyxs hairy, edge of calyxs
not wide open, purple, flowering in June to August. Perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Lythrum salicaria L. |
| Lythrum salicaria Linnaeus |
| Cosmetic composition for the treatment of the hair and skin comprising a powder of flowers or flower tops and a cohesion agent (US Patent 4459285/1984) |
| Oxazolyl and thiazolyl amides as herbicides (US Patent 4500343/1985) |
| Cosmetic compositions for the treatment of the hair and skin contain in the form of a powder particles resulting from the pulverization of at least one plant substance and a cohesion agent (US Patent 4569839/1986) |
| Pyridinylimidazolidinone compounds (US Patent 4600430/1986) |
| Agent containing an ellagic acid series compound for external application and use thereof (US Patent 5073545/1991) |
| Mycoherbicidal delivery compositions, preparation and methods for controlling aquatic weeds (US Patent 5945099/1999) |
| Topical composition for application to the skin containing an ellagic acid-based compound or salt thereof (US Patent 6066312/2000) |
| Biological control of purple loosestrife (US Patent 6268203/2001) |
| Artificial diet and method using an artificial diet, for mass rearing of insects (US Patent 6293223/2001) |
| Method for preparation of plant extract powder (US Patent 6241975/2001) |
| Treatment of herpes infection with composition containing quaternary ammonium compound and an anti-viral agent (US Patent 6284289/2001) |
| Process for stabilizing vegetable plants (US Patent 6270773/2001) |
| Method for preparation of plant extract powder oral compositions containing plant extract powder prepared by the same (US Patent 6503541/2003) |
| Mote |
Many Japanese authors believe that Lythrum anceps (Koehne) Makino is not a synonym of Lythrum salicaria L. |
