portugués
lythrum salicaria Marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States.
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The horses too were asleep in the purple loosestrife, and there was an intense peace over all things.
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By still ponds, to which the moorhens have now returned, tall spikes of purple loosestrife rise in bunches.
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As trade with the colonies grew, more purple loosestrife was dumped along American shores as ships jettisoned ballast before taking on cargo.
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Purple loosestrife is surely one of the worst invaders the American landscape has seen.