NameThatPlant.net: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales

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

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

Epilobium ciliatum FAMILY Onagraceae

COMMON NAME:
Fringed Willowherb, American Willowherb

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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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