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Jan 🌿

@shypixie76.bsky.social

Good morning ☕️
It’s definitely felt like autumn is in the air this week, and here’s a sight I’m definitely looking forward to seeing again next summertime, pretty purple Loosestrife along the lakeside a couple of weeks ago. Happy Friday everyone! 🌿💜🌿
#FlowersOnFriday
#PurpleLoosestrife

August 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM

Torry Nergart

@torrynergart.bsky.social

I don't always find noxious weeds just commuting around, but when I do I report them! #eddmaps #noxiousweeds #purpleloosestrife

August 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM

BelleAB

@belleab.bsky.social

Can’t forget about 🌸🌺🪻🌼 #flowersonfriday #purplefriday
#floralfriday #yarrow #purpleloosestrife #flowers #plants #gardening #gardens #bloomscrolling #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMemories #Spring #hudsonvalley #newyork #mobilephotography

September 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM

💪🏼🫎🛶🦫🌲💨🪨🌊

@grannycanuck.bsky.social

💜 reminds me of Early #PurpleLooseStrife in roadSide #Ontario 🇨🇦 …soon 🌱🌿 🥬
PS LooseStrife CAN be contained in downtown🏙️ #Toronto 🔚 YOUR #Weeds =MY #WildFlowers

feldsperling.bsky.social @feldsperling.bsky.social · May 3

Today in the woodland. First orchid this year for me. I think it is an early-purple orchid. #skåne #dalbysöderskog #nationalpark

May 4, 2025 at 4:53 AM

Eddie 🐝 comms pinned

@polarmolecule.bsky.social

Got some more invasive plant iillustrations to share with ya! Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), and Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii).
#invasive #invasivespecies #invasiveplant #purpleloosestrife #garlicmustard #japanesebarberry #artsky #digitalart

Digital illustration of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

Digital illustration of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

Digital illustration of Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)

February 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM

Heidi

@heidispring.bsky.social

Aug 16 - PoD

#aphotoaday #squareformat #photography #photodiary #photojournal #personalphotojournalism #365photochallenge2025 #podyear4 #365project #augusttheme #lightandshadow #BlueSkyArtShow #light #shadow #england #claphamcommon #flatlight #flowers #shapewithoutshadows #purpleloosestrife

August 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM

PhotographicRuss

@rus5.bsky.social

#spider #crabspider #carderbee #buddleia #purpleloosestrife #brownbutterfly
A brown Carder Bee takes off from a Purple Loosestrife flower spike. Meanwhile a white Crab Spider on a Buddleia flower is waiting, ready, legs raised, to pounce on a Brown Butterfly should it stray to near while feeding.

A white Crab Spider on a Buddleia flower is waiting, ready, legs raised, to pounce on a Brown Butterfly should it stray to near while feeding. The background is a blur of green leaves.

A brown Carder Bee takes off from a Purple Loosestrife flower spike against a blurred background

July 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM

Friends of Spark Green Park

@sparkgreenpark.bsky.social

#commonknapweed, #greaterknapweed, #purpleloosestrife, #wildmarjoram, #meadowcranesbill, #muskmallow, #commonpoppy, #raggedrobin, #sainfoin, #fieldscabious, #smallscabious, #teasel,

March 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM

Eliza Mood

@elizamood.bsky.social

27 plants flowering now in our intentionally wild, autumn-come-early garden, Durham UK: musk mallow, chicory, St John's wort, bird's foot trefoil, knapweed, marjoram, forget-me-not, yarrow, watermint, gypsywort, purpleloosestrife, camomile, hop trefoil, clover, viper's bugloss, hedgebedstraw, borage

Autumn has come early and bees and pollinators have fewer plants on their foraging trails. This snap was taken one summer a few years ago in the garden. We have introduced more native wildflowers: pond plants, meadow plants since then.

September 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM

JLW CISMA

@jlwcisma.bsky.social

I'm not aware of any other organization who has biological controls for purple loosestrife, so check them out. Deadline for orders is May 16. #PurpleLoosestrife #InvasiveSpecies #Michigan
www.kieser-associates.com/biocontrols

Biocontrols — Kieser & Associates, LLC

Whether it is for property, aesthetic, or ecological preservation, K&A is committed to providing reliable biocontrols to manage invasive species throughout Michigan.

www.kieser-associates.com

April 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM