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Epilobium palustre Linnaeus. Common name: Marsh Willowherb. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Bogs, wooded swamps. Distribution: Circumboreal, south in North America to PA, MI, MN, NE, NM, and CA.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy : = C, FNA10, GrPl, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa; = Epilobium lineare Muhl. — S13; > Epilobium palustre L. var. grammadophyllum Hausskn. — F; > Epilobium palustre L. var. labradoricum Hausskn. — F; > Epilobium palustre L. var. lapponicum Wahlenb. — F; > Epilobium palustre L. var. longirameum Fernald & Wiegand — F; > Epilobium palustre L. var. oliganthum (Michx.) Fernald — F, G; > Epilobium palustre L. var. palustre — F; > Epilobium pylaieanum Fernald — F. Basionym: Epilobium palustre L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Epilobium palustre - FNA10

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily : 5

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