Epilobium ciliatum |
Epilobium obcordatum |
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ciliate willowherb, Watson's willowherb |
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Habit | Perennial from spreading rhizomes that produce rosettes of leaves; stems 3-10 dm. tall, simple below and freely-branched above, puberulent, glandular above. | |
Leaves | Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, narrowly lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 3-7 cm. long, serrulate. |
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Flowers | Inflorescence of racemes terminal on the branches; sepals 4, 2-5 mm. long, purplish; petals 3-10 mm. long, notched, white or cream to deep purplish-red; stamens 8; stigma entire or shallowly 4-lobed; ovary inferior, 4-celled. |
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Fruits | Capsule 4-8 cm. long, linear; seeds with a tuft of white hairs on the tip. |
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Epilobium ciliatum |
Epilobium obcordatum |
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Flowering time | June-August | |
Habitat | Moist soil from lowlands to middle elevations in the mountains. | |
Distribution | Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington. Alaska to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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