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Help me identify this plant
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Aug 24, 2016 9:58 AM CST
Name: Myriam Vandenberghe
Ghent, Belgium (Zone 8a)
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Lythrum sp. I think..
https://www.google.be/search?q...
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Aug 24, 2016 10:00 AM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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I can't see the leaves clearly; the blooms remind me of Veronica: http://garden.org/plants/brows...
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Aug 24, 2016 10:04 AM CST
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Definitely Lythrum.

https://www.google.co.uk/searc...
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Aug 24, 2016 10:11 AM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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Good eye Myriam, it could be Loosestrife (Lythrum). Here are a few for comparison:
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Winged Loosestrife (Lythrum alatum)
Lythrum salicaria 'Blush'
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Aug 24, 2016 10:56 AM CST
Name: Jennifer
48036 MI (Zone 6b)
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You don't say where you are located but here in Michigan Purple Loosestrife is a very bad invasive. I know it is pretty. But check your local extension office to see if it might be on the list of invasive species in your area.
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Aug 24, 2016 11:04 AM CST
Name: Myriam Vandenberghe
Ghent, Belgium (Zone 8a)
Bee Lover Organic Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers Frogs and Toads Ferns I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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I think the poster is from Albania like his username suggests, and the plant is likely Lythrum salicaria, it is being used as a traditional medicinal plant among the Albanian people..
https://www.researchgate.net/p...
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