Onagraceae
Fringed willowherb
Epilobium ciliatum
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Epilobium
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Common names
By language (15)
- Chinese
- 东北柳叶菜
- Czech
- Vrbovka žláznatá
- Dutch
- Beklierde basterdwederik
- English
- Fringed willowherb, Purple-leaved willowherb, American willowherb
- Esperanto
- Purpura epilobio
- Estonian
- Punakas pajulill
- Finnish
- Vaalea-amerikanhorsma
- French
- Epilobe cilié
- German
- Drüsiges Weidenröschen
- hsb
- Žałzata wjerbinka
- nv
- Bikétłʼóól názbąs
- Russian
- Кипрей реснитчатый
- Slovak
- Vŕbovka žliazkatá
- Slovenian
- Vejicati vrbovec
- Swedish
- Vit dunört
Synonyms
- Epilobium ursinum Parish ex Trel.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.