Marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States.
1The horses too were asleep in the purple loosestrife, and there was an intense peace over all things.
2By still ponds, to which the moorhens have now returned, tall spikes of purple loosestrife rise in bunches.
3As trade with the colonies grew, more purple loosestrife was dumped along American shores as ships jettisoned ballast before taking on cargo.
4Purple loosestrife is surely one of the worst invaders the American landscape has seen.
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