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Purple Loosestrife

Purple loosestrife can be used as food and medicine. Below you’ll learn the parts used, harvest time, nutrition and other ways humans use this amazing plant. Scientific name Lythrum salicaria Family Lythraceae Botanical description Stems erect, 2-4 feet high, slightly branched, glabrous or softly downy; leaves opposite, or in threes, …

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