Epilobium leptophyllum

Rafinesque

Précis Découv. Somiol., 41. 1814.

Common names: Bog willowherb épilobe leptophylle
Synonyms: Epilobium densum var. nesophilum Fernald E. nesophilum (Fernald) Fernald E. oliganthum var. gracile Farwell E. palustre var. gracile (Farwell) Dorn E. squamatum Nuttall E. tenellum Rafinesque
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Herbs with threadlike, nearly leafless epigeous stolons term­inating in compact, fleshy turions 3–8 × 2–4 mm. Stems erect, simple to loosely clustered, terete, 15–95 cm, simple to well branched, densely strigillose, often mixed glandular puberulent on inflorescence, rarely with faint strigillose lines decurrent from margins of petioles. Leaves opposite proximally, usually alternate, rarely fasciculate distally, subsessile; blade linear to very narrowly elliptic or sublanceolate, 2–7.5 × 0.1–0.7 cm, usually longer than internodes, base rounded to subcuneate, margins subentire, 4–7 inconspicuous teeth per side, sometimes revolute, lateral-veins inconspic­uous, apex obtuse proximally to acute distally, both surfaces densely strigillose, increasing distally; bracts not much reduced. Inflorescences erect racemes, densely strigillose, often mixed sparsely glandular puberulent. Flowers erect; buds 3–5 × 1.5–2.5 mm; pedicel 5–12 mm; floral-tube 0.8–1.5 × 1.2–1.8 mm, ring of spreading hairs at mouth inside; sepals 2.5–4.5 × 0.9–1.3 mm, abaxial surface strigillose; petals obcor­date, white to light pink, 3.5–7 × 1.6–4 mm, apical notch 1–1.8 mm; filaments white or cream, those of longer stamens 0.8–3.5 mm, those of shorter ones 0.6–2.5 mm; anthers cream, 0.5–0.9 × 0.4–0.6 mm; ovary 12–18 mm, densely strigillose, sometimes mixed glandular puberulent; style cream, 2–3.8 mm, stigma narrowly clavate, entire, 1–1.8 × 0.5–1.2 mm, usually surrounded by, rarely exserted beyond, anthers. Capsules straight, narrowly cylindrical, 35–80 mm, surfaces densely strigillose; pedicel 10–35 mm. Seeds narrowly fusiform to narrowly obovoid, 1.5–2.2 ×0.5–0.7 mm, chalazal collar 0.1–0.2 mm, ± pro­nounced, surface papillose; coma persistent, dingy white, 6–8 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Marshy ground, bogs, fens, low thickets, seepage areas, damp pastures.
Elevation: 0–1000(–2900) m.

Distribution

St. Pierre and Miquelon, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Alaska, Calif., Colo., Conn., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo.

Discussion

The range of Epilobium leptophyllum overlaps with that of the related E. palustre, but the former is less common to the north and more common south into the midwestern United States, and absent only from most of the southern tier of states. It is also relatively uncommon in the western United States and Canada. Judging by the number of herbarium sheets that also include E. palustre, E. densum, and even E. coloratum, it sometimes occurs in sympatry with those species and may rarely hybridize with them, based on plants with intermediate morphology and/or sterile fruits.

Fernald described Epilobium nesophilum from the Magdalen Islands (Quebec), and especially Newfoundland, first as a variety of E. densum (1918), then as a separate species (1925).

Epilobium rosmarinifolium Pursh 1813, an illegit­imate name (not Haenke 1788), pertains here.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Epilobium leptophyllum"
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
subequal +  and longer +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
acute +  and obtuse +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
Peter C. Hoch +
Rafinesque +
rounded +  and subcuneate +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
usually longer +
toothed +  and entire +
sublanceolate +  and elliptic +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
reduced +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
recurved +  and erect +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
cylindrical +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
dingy white +
persistent +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Bog willowherb +  and épilobe leptophylle +
St. Pierre and Miquelon +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +  and Wyo. +
0–1000(–2900) m. +
basifixed +  and versatile +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
1.2mm +  and 1.8mm +
actinomorphic +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
curved +  and straight +
4-angled +, terete +, narrowly cylindrical +  and fusiform or rarely narrowly ellipsoidal +
slender +
Marshy ground, bogs, fens, low thickets, seepage areas, damp pastures. +
perennial +  and annual +
suffrutescent +
puberulent +  and strigillose +
alternate +  and opposite +
deciduous +
strigillose +
decurrent +
subentire +
puberulent +  and strigillose +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
numerous +  and 1 +
multicellular +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
white +  and light pink +
3.5mm +  and 7mm +
obovate +  and obcordate +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
Précis Découv. Somiol., +
inflated +
basal +  and cauline +
clavate +  and globose +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
sculptured +  and smooth +
narrowly fusiform +  and narrowly obovoid +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
lanceolate +, , +, flushed with red or flushed with cream +  and green +
deciduous +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
parenchymatous +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
unequal +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
cream +  and white +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
2 times as many as sepals +
branched +, simple to well +  and simple +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
puberulent +  and strigillose +
exfoliating +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (95 cm950 mm <br />0.95 m <br />) +
not woody +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
subsessile +  and petiolate +
intrapetiolar +
threadlike +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br />) +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
papillose +
constricted +
Epilobium densum var. nesophilum +, E. nesophilum +, E. oliganthum var. gracile +, E. palustre var. gracile +, E. squamatum +  and E. tenellum +
Epilobium leptophyllum +
Epilobium sect. Epilobium +
species +
3(-5)-aperturate +
inconspicuous +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +