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Lythrum salicaria

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q157513
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Summary

Lythrum salicaria is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,907 views/month, #1,455 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Lythrum[5]
  • Taxon name: Lythrum salicaria[6]
  • Subclass of: perennial plant[7], herbaceous plant[8]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[9], fodder[10]
  • Commons category: Lythrum salicaria[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lythrum salicaria[12]
  • Commons gallery: Lythrum salicaria[13]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(2)[14]
  • Taxon synonym: Lythrum anceps[15]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=23022[16]
  • Short name: L. salicaria[17]
  • Taxon common name: Gewöhnlicher Blutweiderich[18], Purple-loosestrife[19], Söyüdyarpaq ağlarot[20], Върболист[21], Обикновена блатия[22], Salicària[23], kyprej obecný[24], kyprej vrbice[25], Llysiau'r-milwr coch[26], Almindelig Kattehale[27], Blut-Weiderich[28], Blutweiderich[29], Salikario[30], arroyuella[31]

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Identifiers

Lythrum salicaria's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13129[32]. Lythrum salicaria's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 583139[33]. Lythrum salicaria's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3188736[34]. Lythrum salicaria's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27079[35].

Why It Matters

Lythrum salicaria has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Related Entities

Beijing People's Republic of China Tianjin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → lythrum-salicaria
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Nzpcn id, update to ids following formatter url change ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/103607c2e7a|details]])"
  2. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Lythrum salicaria 2026 G1.jpg, Lythrum salicaria - harilik kukesaba.jpg
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tt */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/49337|batch #49337]]"
  3. 10w ago · George Chernilevsky · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Lythrum salicaria 2026 G1.jpg, Lythrum salicaria - harilik kukesaba.jpg
    Biblissima authority id → Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Lythrum salicaria 2026 G1.jpg"
  4. 16w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basionym of → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Taxon common name: navadna krvenka"
  5. 21w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Lythrum anceps
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon synonym: Lythrum anceps"
  6. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → medicinal plant, fodder
    Natureserve conservation status → secure
    Instance of → taxon
    Topic's main category → Category:Lythrum salicaria
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 39147, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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