Article about Purple Loosestrife, also known by gardeners as lythrum, and botani

Article about Purple Loosestrife, also known by gardeners as lythrum, and botanically as Lythrum salicaria. The plant is often found along Maine\u27s road in late summer. It\u27s flowers come in spikes, each up to a foot long with numerous clusters of small flowers of a clear magenta-pink. Lythrum arrived in the United States nearly 200 years ago from Europe, brought for its medicinal virtues as well as its beauty, and has since spread throughout the northern United States and Canada