''Lythrum paradoxum'' is a plant in the

Lythraceae Lythraceae is a family (biology), family of flowering plants, including 32 genus, genera, with about 620 species of Herbaceous plant, herbs, shrubs, and trees. The larger genera include ''Cuphea'' (275 spp.), ''Lagerstroemia'' (56), ''Nesaea (pl ...

family and was first described in 1897 by

Bernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne Bernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne (12 February 1848 – 12 October 1918) was a German botanist and dendrologist born near Striegau, a town known today as Strzegom, Poland. Koehne was a professor of botany in Berlin and was a leading authority o ...

.Koehne, B.A.E. (27 August 1897)
Lythraceae adjectis specierum nonnullarum extraamericanorum descriptionibus.
Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 23 (Beiblatt 57): 19 It is an erect woody plant growing to heights of 0.6 to 1 m. It is native to all mainland states of

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, where it is found in sandy or alluvial soils along creeks and drainage areas (in damp places).

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17583572 paradoxum Plants described in 1897