Lythrum salicaria
Purple-loosestrife - Flowers from June to September. Found near water by rivers, ponds, marshes and canals. Any damp areas are adorned with it's graceful purple upright spikes. Photographed in Carrick-on-Shannon Co. Leitrim.
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