Epilobium coloratum Biehler. Common name: Bronze Willow-herb, Eastern Willow-herb. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Seepages, streambanks, other moist open places. Distribution: ME west to MN, south to NC, n. GA, AL, AR, and TX; allegedly disjunct in Hispaniola.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, FNA10, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WV, Munz (1965), Wagner, Hoch, & Raven (2007). Basionym: Epilobium coloratum Biehler 1807
Links to other floras: = Epilobium coloratum - FNA10
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, bushy perennial found in open floodplain forests, wet fields and meadows and ditches.
Stems: Stems much-branched in the upper half, bearing vertical lines of hairs on the lower half; sometimes purple-tinted.
Leaves: Leaves alternate (some may be opposite), short-petiolate, lance-shaped, 4 in. or more long, sharply toothed, often with purplish veins or spots, smooth or minutely hairy along veins.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers usually numerous in an intricately branched panicle, white or light pink, about 1/3 in. wide, consisting of 4 notched petals attached at the top of a long hairy, reddish-green calyx tube; the calyx terminates in 4 lance-shaped sepals, which may be purplish-pink tinged.
Fruits: Fruit an elongated seed capsule, which splits open to release tiny, tufted seeds.
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Height: 1-3 ft.
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description: Erect, bushy perennial found in open floodplain forests, wet fields and meadows and ditches.
stems: Stems much-branched in the upper half, bearing vertical lines of hairs on the lower half; sometimes purple-tinted.
leaves: Leaves alternate (some may be opposite), short-petiolate, lance-shaped, 4 in. or more long, sharply toothed, often with purplish veins or spots, smooth or minutely hairy along veins.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers usually numerous in an intricately branched panicle, white or light pink, about 1/3 in. wide, consisting of 4 notched petals attached at the top of a long hairy, reddish-green calyx tube; the calyx terminates in 4 lance-shaped sepals, which may be purplish-pink tinged.
fruits: Fruit an elongated seed capsule, which splits open to release tiny, tufted seeds.
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