Professor Darwin experimented with these flowers and wrote about them to Dr. Gray "I am almost stark, staring mad over lythrum.
"See America First"
Orville O. Hiestand
Even more recently he has made known to us the still more remarkable phenomenon afforded by the genus lythrum, in which there are three distinct forms, and which therefore offers an instance of polymorphism.
"On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects"
Sir John Lubbock
Tall rosy spikes of lythrum lift their heads, while stately hollyhocks uncurl their silky petals, shaking out the tucks and wrinkles of the bud like newly awakened butterflies stretching their wings.
"Garden Ornaments"
Mary H. Northend