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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Chamerion platyphyllum
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum
FAMILY
Onagraceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 137-03-002:
Epilobium angustifolium
FAMILY
Onagraceae
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Chamaenerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum
COMMON NAME:
Great Willow-herb, Fireweed
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Keith Bradley kab_e_angustifolium_78654
August Essex County NY
Whiteface Mountain
Narrow purplish capsules angle upward, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeangustifolium_rm1
August? NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
Flowers numerous, with 4 roundish short-clawed petals and a 4-lobed stigma, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
Dame's Rocket and Fireweed
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeangustifolium_rm1c
August? NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
Sepals purplish, linear-oblanceolate, pubescent, 10-15mm long, 1-2mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeangustifolium_rm4
August? NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
An erect plant 6' or taller, often abundant in recently burned-over areas, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm130905_798
September New Brunswick, Canada
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JK Marlow jkm130906_020
September Washington County ME
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JK Marlow jkm130906_024
September Washington County ME
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JK Marlow jkm130906_027
September Washington County ME
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JK Marlow jkm130906_029
September Washington County ME
Down-tufted seed are wind dispersed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm130906_034
September Washington County ME
Numerous crowded lance-shaped, entire, sessile leaves to 6" long & 1.2" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.