Table 3.
Location and mean plant height, leaf length and leaf ratio of populations of Lythrum alatum and L. salicaria sampled in North America
| State |
Species |
Population |
Height (cm) |
Leaf length (mm) |
Leaf ratio |
Percent with <4 flowers |
% alternate leaves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | L. salicaria | FFA | 121·8 | 17 | 17 | ||
| L. alatum | SHE | 51·3 | 100 | 100 | |||
| WPI | 128·2 | 7 | 36 | ||||
| Michigan | L. alatum | ASP | 68·1 | 11·4 | 3·97 | 100 | 100 |
| HIA | 65·0 | 8·0 | 3·40 | 100 | 100 | ||
| RIR | 67·0 | 12·6 | 3·93 | 100 | 100 | ||
| SFA | 60·0 | 14·0 | 3·84 | 100 | 100 | ||
| WFB | 55·6 | 11·0 | 3·88 | 100 | 100 | ||
| L. salicaria | CIA | 146·4 | 52·6 | 4·49 | 20 | 17 | |
| HIS | 107·5 | 26·4 | 3·26 | 27 | 33 | ||
| LLA | 173·6 | 48·0 | 5·47 | 22 | 18 | ||
| QWA | 146·3 | 75·7 | 4·85 | 26 | 16 | ||
| QWB | 126·3 | 62·1 | 5·43 | 30 | 12 | ||
| SFS | 96·7 | 41·4 | 4·71 | 9 | 7 | ||
| SRA | 183·0 | 78·9 | 5·59 | 30 | 8 | ||
| Ohio | L. alatum | KIW | 53·8 | 100 | 100 | ||
| KTA | 50·4 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| KTB | 53·3 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| ONW | 64·9 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| L. salicaria | KIL | 74·8 | 3·59 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ONP | 109·5 | 16 | 14 | ||||
| Wisconsin | L. alatum | JAN | 55·3 | 22·4 | 3·51 | 100 | 100 |
| HPR | 53·3 | 15·1 | 5·31 | 100 | 100 | ||
| NCO | 53·8 | 21·0 | 3·77 | 100 | 100 | ||
| L. salicaria | BRI | 137·0 | 54·8 | 5·06 | 10 | 13 | |
| DCR | 137·5 | 69·3 | 5·49 | 8 | 15 | ||
| SCC | 129·9 | 68·7 | 5·63 | 0 | 5 | ||
| TLP | 131·4 | 67·2 | 26 | 13 | |||
| WKS | 136·7 | 58·2 | 5·49 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Significance (P) | Location | 0·001 | 0·410 | 0·461 | 0·001 | 0·001 | |
| Species | 0·001 | 0·001 | 0·001 | 0·001 | 0·001 | ||
| Population (Species) | 0·001 | 0·001 | 0·001 | – | – |