Family: Lythraceae

Description: 

Erect to spreading subshrubs; stems many-branched. Leaves simple, opposite, linear. Flowers solitary, axillary, floral tube pale green, sometimes becoming purplish toward apex. Petals 6, pale purple or white. Stamens included and inserted in 2 unequal whorls on the floral tube. Capsules oblong-ovoid.