Purple loosestrife arrived early, shaking luxuriant tangled locks along the edge of the mirror whence its own face laughed back at it.
For a space they hung there, brushed by the purple loosestrife that fringed the bank; then the clear imperious summons that marched hand-in-hand with the intoxicating melody imposed its will on Mole, and mechanically he bent to his oars again.
It feeds on the yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris), in July and August, or even later.
The same is true of a species of loosestrife growing along streams and on other wet places, with tall bushy stalks, dark green leaves, and pale axillary yellow flowers (probably European).
M51 Seeds of fir-cones, wild thyme, elder-flowers, and purple loosestrife gathered for magical purposes at Midsummer.
Russian peasants regard the plant known as purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) with respect and even fear.
The purple loosestrife is one of our most showy English wild plants.
Blond loosestrife and red meadow-sweet among, We tracked the shy Thames shore.
Loosestrife (Lythrum alatum) is a tall, slender, native species growing 1 to 3 feet high, angular and branching.
Purple Loosestrifeis found locally in swamps and on marshy borders of streams from Me.
Yellow Loosestrife has a tall, slender, simple stem from 8 to 24 inches high.
Fringed Loosestrife is common in low ground and thickets from Newfoundland to British Columbia southward to the Gulf of Mexico.
B) Four-leaved Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia) is a very common species found in low land in about the same range.
Fringed Loosestrifeis a very branching herb not at all like the other varieties.
This Loosestrife is abundant from Newfoundland to Hudson Bay and southward.
With Nancy on one memorable day he crossed the river and disembarked on the other side and walked through the field of cows, through the meadowsweet and purple loosestrife and spearmint.
From the almost mathematical complications of the cross-fertilization of the loosestrife it seems a far cry indeed to that of the Italian honeysuckle.
There, too, the yellow loosestrife pushes up its tall slender stalks to the top of the low willow-bushes, that the bright yellow flowers may emerge from the shadow.
By still ponds, to which the moorhens have now returned, tall spikes of purple loosestrife rise in bunches.
Ophelia wore; but, as long purples has been the folk name of this loosestrife from time immemorial in England, it seems likely that Shakespeare for once may have made a mistake.
It is a strange fact that female bees of the genus Macropis have never been taken on plants outside the loosestrife connection.
The Wood Loosestrife or Yellow Pimpernel (Lysimachia nemorum) of shady waysides and woods is a member of the Primulaceae or Primrose family.
The mist had drifted away from the stream, leaving the spires of loosestrife plainly visible and more dimly on the other side the forms of huge cattle at pasture.
The spiked loosestrife planted by the water's edge of a pond is far finer than in the garden border.
Spires of meadow-sweet reared their stiff-stemmed umbrellas of cream-colour, and loosestrife pointed its mauve spires into the tranquil air.
The mist had drifted away from the stream, leaving the spires of loosestrife plainly visible, and more dimly on the other side the forms of huge cattle at pasture.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "loosestrife" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
