NameThatPlant.net: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum FAMILY Onagraceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Epilobium at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)

Epilobium ciliatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Epilobium ciliatum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-03-004:

Epilobium ciliatum FAMILY Onagraceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Epilobium adenocaulon var. adenocaulon

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Epilobium glandulosum var. adenocaulon

COMMON NAME:
Fringed Willowherb, American Willowherb

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image of Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum, Fringed Willowherb, American Willowherb

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_epad_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Epilobium ciliatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Epilobium ciliatum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-03-004:
Epilobium ciliatum FAMILY Onagraceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Epilobium adenocaulon var. adenocaulon

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Epilobium glandulosum var. adenocaulon

3290

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, seeps, disturbed wet places (such as moist edges of logging roads), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pinkish, white
4-merous
4 sepals
4 petals
8 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Capsule

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