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Epilobium coloratum ~ cinnamon willow herb

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Characteristics:

• OBL

• Michigan C Value: 3

• commonly known as colored willow herb and purple leaf willow herb

• can be nearly 1m tall

• thin, pink flowers

• opposite leaves

• small teeth on leaves

• irregular, rounded sinuses between teeth

• main vein is whitish (underside of leaf)

• 4 pale lavender petals on long ovary (false stalk)

• long narrow ovaries and seed pods

• stem is smooth or with minute, incurved hairs

• seeds are minutely papillose usually very bushy branched

• common

• native