Epilobium ciliatum Raf., 1808

Common names

🇬🇧 American Willowherb
🇫🇷 Épilobe cilié

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Malvids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Subfamily: Onagroideae
Tribe: Epilobieae
Genus: Epilobium
Species: Epilobium ciliatum

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable
Red List (Global): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with many species of the genus Epilobium. The white flowers later becoming pink, the club-shaped stigma, the branched stem, the inflorescences with 10 or more flowers, the opposite leaves, and the non-stoloniferous base allow for the identification of E. ciliatum.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

E. ciliatum subsp. ciliatum Raf., 1808, I;
E. ciliatum subsp. glandulosum (Lehm.) Hoch & P.H.Raven, 1977;
E. ciliatum subsp. watsonii (Barbey) Hoch & P.H.Raven, 1977.

Photographs

img/epilobium-ciliatum.webp — *Epilobium ciliatum*

img/epilobium-ciliatum-2.webp — *Epilobium ciliatum*

img/epilobium-ciliatum-3.webp — *Epilobium ciliatum* - Leaves and flower buds

Sources

Maiz-Tome, L. (2017). Epilobium ciliatum (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2017. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T64311338A121902124.en
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 845). Biotope.