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Onagraceae
Epilobium

not marked as a favorite taxon 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.

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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

NCBG trait

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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