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Epilobium hirsutum

Epilobium ciliatum

codlins-and-cream, fiddle grass

ciliate willowherb, Watson's willowherb
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.
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.
Fruits

Capsule 4-8 cm. long, linear;

seeds with a tuft of white hairs on the tip.

Epilobium hirsutum

Epilobium ciliatum
Flowering time June-August June-August
Habitat Garden escape in wet areas at low elevations. Moist soil from lowlands to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to Oregon; also in upper central and northeastern North America.
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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 Introduced from Eurasia Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
E. anagallidifolium, E. brachycarpum, E. campestre, E. ciliatum, E. clavatum, E. densiflorum, E. glaberrimum, E. glandulosum, E. hallianum, E. hornemannii, E. komarovianum, E. lactiflorum, E. leptocarpum, E. leptophyllum, E. luteum, E. minutum, E. mirabile, E. montanum, E. oregonense, E. palustre, E. ×pulchrum, E. torreyi, E. ×treleasianum
E. anagallidifolium, E. brachycarpum, E. campestre, E. clavatum, E. densiflorum, E. glaberrimum, E. glandulosum, E. hallianum, E. hirsutum, E. hornemannii, E. komarovianum, E. lactiflorum, E. leptocarpum, E. leptophyllum, E. luteum, E. minutum, E. mirabile, E. montanum, E. oregonense, E. palustre, E. ×pulchrum, E. torreyi, E. ×treleasianum
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