Epilobium brachycarpum: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

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Family Onagraceae
Epilobium brachycarpum C.Presl
annual willow-herb
Epilobium: from 2 Greek words epi, "upon," and lobos, "a pod or capsule," as the flower and capsule appear together, the corolla being borne on the end of the ovary
brachycarpum: brachys for "short;" carpum for "fruit"

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Status:	Introduced - adventive
Plant:	annual forb; stems skin peeling near the bottom; taprooted
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Synonyms

Epilobium hammondii T.J.Howell
Epilobium juncundum A.Gray
Epilobium laevicaule Rydb.
Epilobium paniculatum Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray
Epilobium paniculatum Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray f. subulatum Hausskn.
Epilobium paniculatum Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray var. hammondii (T.J.Howell) M.Peck
Epilobium paniculatum Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray var. juncundum (A.Gray) Trel.
Epilobium paniculatum Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray var. laevicaule (Rydb.) Munz
Epilobium paniculatum Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray var. subulatum (Hausskn.) Fernald
Epilobium paniculatum Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray var. tracyi (Rydb.) Munz
Epilobium tracyi Rydb.

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