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Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum

Epilobium ciliatum Raf. ssp. ciliatum

american willow-herb

Synonym(s): Epilobium adenocaulon, Epilobium adenocaulon var. ecomosum, Epilobium adenocaulon var. holosericeum, Epilobium adenocaulon var. parishii, Epilobium adenocaulon var. perplexans, Epilobium americanum, Epilobium brevistylum, Epilobium brevistylum var. ursinum, Epilobium californicum, Epilobium californicum var. holosericeum, Epilobium ciliatum var. ecomosum, Epilobium delicatum, Epilobium ecomosum, Epilobium glandulosum var. adenocaulon, Epilobium glandulosum var. ecomosum, Epilobium glandulosum var. macounii, Epilobium leptocarpum var. macounii, Epilobium ursinum, Epilobium watsonii var. parishii
Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum (American Willow-herb)
Image ID: 79671
Image by: Erik Danielsen
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: EPCIC
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2020-01-01

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: EPILO
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Epilobium
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Willowherb
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of ca. 165 species (ca. 185 taxa), herbs, distributed primarily in boreal and alpine latitudes and elevations. All five of the species in our area reach or approach their southern limits in eastern North America in our area. All members of the genus in our area are placed in section Epilobium.
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GENUS REFERENCES: Wagner, Hoch, & Raven (2007)=U; Munz (1965)=Z.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: ONAGRA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Onagraceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Evening-primrose Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 18 genera and 655 species, herbs, shrubs, and rarely trees, cosmopolitan (especially of temperate and subtropical America).
FAMILY REFERENCE: Wagner, Hock, & Raven (2007); Munz (1965)=X; Crisci et al. (1990).

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USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: EPCIC
USDA Common Name: Fringed Willowherb
Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), HI (I), CAN (N)
Distribution: USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

2018 Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina

NHP IDS RANKROUNDED S RANKG RANKROUNDED G RANKSTATE STATUSFEDERAL STATUS
17942 S2 S2 G5T5 T5 SR-P

This information is derived from the 2018 North Carolina Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species.

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
COMMON NAME: American Willow-herb
SYNONYMY: [= K, Mo, U, Va; < E. ciliatum - Pa, RAB, W; = E. ciliatum var. ciliatum - C; > E. ciliatum - F, X, in a narrower sense; > E. glandulosum Lehm. var. adenocaulon (Haussknecht) Fernald - F, WV; > E. adenocaulon Haussknecht var. adenocaulon - G, Z]
PHENOLOGY: Jun-Sep.
HABITAT: Bogs, seeps, disturbed wet places (such as moist edges of logging roads).
COMMENTS: NL (Newfoundland) and NL (Labrador) west to AK, south to VA, w. NC, ne. TN, IN, IA, CA, TX, Mexico, Central America; disjunct in Chile and Argentina.
RANGE MAP: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum.png

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Onagraceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Evening-primrose Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 18 genera and 655 species, herbs, shrubs, and rarely trees, cosmopolitan (especially of temperate and subtropical America).
REFERENCE: Wagner, Hock, & Raven (2007); Munz (1965)=X; Crisci et al. (1990).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Epilobium L. (Willowherb)
SUMMARY: A genus of ca. 165 species (ca. 185 taxa), herbs, distributed primarily in boreal and alpine latitudes and elevations. All five of the species in our area reach or approach their southern limits in eastern North America in our area. All members of the genus in our area are placed in section Epilobium.
REFERENCE: Wagner, Hoch, & Raven (2007)=U; Munz (1965)=Z.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum in the Flora of North America (if available)
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IMAGE USE RECORDS

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ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
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