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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Onagraceae
Epilobium leptophyllum Raf.
American marsh willow-herb, bog willow-herb, fen 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
leptophyllum: leptos for "thin;" phyllum for "leaf;" hence narrow-leaved
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 8"-40" tall forb, hairy; stems often with many branches and many leaves; from thin stolons ending in a thickened turion |
| Flower: | white to pink, 4-parted, 1/3"-1/2" wide, stigma not cut, petals notched; inflorescence a cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers from the upper leaf axils; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | capsule, seeds with tufts of hair at the top |
| Leaf: | narrow, lance-linear, in-rolled backwards, mostly stalkless, top with flat-lying hairs |
| Habitat: | wet; meadows, marshes, bogs |
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