Onagraceae
Tall annual willowherb
Epilobium brachycarpum
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Epilobium
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Common names
By language (4)
- Czech
- Vrbovka krátkoplodá
- English
- Tall annual willowherb
- French
- Épilobe d'automne, Épilobe à fruits courts
- German
- Kurzfrüchtiges Weidenröschen
Synonyms
- Epilobium adenocladum Rydb.
- Epilobium altissimum Suksd.
- Epilobium apricum Suksd.
- Epilobium fasciculatum Suksd.
- Epilobium hammondii Howell
- Epilobium jucundum A.Gray
- Epilobium jucundum var. viridifolium Suksd.
- Epilobium laevicaule Rydb.
- Epilobium mexicanum Schltdl.
- Epilobium micranthum Nutt. ex Hausskn.
- Epilobium paniculatum Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray
- Epilobium paniculatum f. adenocaulon Hausskn.
- Epilobium paniculatum f. adenocladum Hausskn.
- Epilobium paniculatum f. altissimum (Suksd.) Munz
- Epilobium paniculatum f. bracteatum Hausskn.
- Epilobium paniculatum f. fasciculatum Munz
- Epilobium paniculatum f. laevicaule (Rydb.) H.St.John
- Epilobium paniculatum f. subulatum Hausskn.
- Epilobium paniculatum f. tracyi (Rydb.) H.St.John
- Epilobium paniculatum f. tubulosum Hausskn.
- Epilobium paniculatum var. hammondii (Howell) M.Peck
- Epilobium paniculatum var. jucundum (A.Gray) Trel.
- Epilobium paniculatum var. laevicaule (Rydb.) Munz
- Epilobium paniculatum var. subulatum (Hausskn.) Fernald
- Epilobium paniculatum var. tracyi (Rydb.) Munz
- Epilobium subulatum (Hausskn.) Rydb.
- Epilobium tracyi Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.