Participant Info

Species

Epilobium ciliatum

Family

Onagraceae

CommonName

fringed willowherb, American willowherb

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1873

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

basin, montane, subalpine, tundra, ruderal

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, UBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta

Passes

Cochetopa

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Brown Lakes, Great Sand Dunes, Russell Lakes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, roadside seep near Crystal Lakes 14 July 2020

Comments

Fringed willowherb is the Watershed’s most common Epilobium, usually found near water—streams, rock seeps, beaver ponds, lakes, sometimes human-made ponds. It is present in nearly every county west of the Great Plains (and across the northern USA), and continues down the Rio Grande drainage into the Big Bend country of Texas. The Watershed's species includes two weakly distinguished varieties—var. glandulosum and var. ciliatum—which seem to sympatric.

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