1. Any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum.
2. Any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia.
Genus Lysimachia of plants of the primrose family (Primulaceae) including swampcandles L. terrestris of North America, with yellow and purple-streaked flowers on a spike. The name is also applied to members of the genus Lythrum of the loosestrife family, such as the European willow loosestrife L. salicaria, now a weed in NE US. + prikaži više