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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
FAMILY
Onagraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Epilobium at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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
COMMON NAME:
Fringed Willowherb, American Willowherb
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_epad_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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
3290
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it in bogs, seeps, disturbed wet places (such as moist edges of logging roads), per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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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