PLANTS Profile for Epilobium palustre (marsh willowherb)

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Epilobium palustre L.
marsh willowherb

Symbol:

EPPA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Onagraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Epilobium lineare

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 592. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Epilobium palustre L.

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Synonyms:
Epilobium palustre L.

	EPLI	Epilobium lineare Muhl.
	EPOL	Epilobium oliganthum Michx.
	EPPAG2	Epilobium palustre L. var. grammadophyllum Hausskn.
	EPPAL4	Epilobium palustre L. var. labradoricum Hausskn.
	EPPAL3	Epilobium palustre L. var. lapponicum Wahlenb.
	EPPAL2	Epilobium palustre L. var. longirameum Fernald & Wiegand
	EPPAO	Epilobium palustre L. var. oliganthum (Michx.) Fernald
	EPPY	Epilobium pylaieanum Fernald
	EPWY	Epilobium wyomingense A. Nelson

Distribution:
Epilobium palustre L.


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USA (AK, CA, CO, CT, ID, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NM, NV, NY, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Epilobium palustre L.

View 13 genera in Onagraceae, 44 species in Epilobium

Classification:
Epilobium palustre L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Onagraceae – Evening Primrose family
Genus	Epilobium L. – willowherb
Species	Epilobium palustre L. – marsh willowherb

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Epilobium palustre L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Rhode Island:
marsh willow-herb		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Epilobium palustre L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Epilobium palustre L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27320.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 09:46 AM MDT