Epilobium coloratum

ClassificationDicots
FamilyOnagraceae
Family (Traditional)Onagraceae
GenusEpilobium
Species:Epilobium coloratum Biehler
Common NamePurpleleaf Willowherb
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Pink; Carpel Number/Pistil: 4; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Petal Number: 4; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 8
C value 9
StatusNative; AGCP (OBL), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S4?] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Epilobium domingense Epilobium domingense Urb.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Adair (KY), Allen (KY), Bell (KY), Breathitt (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Carter (KY), Casey (KY), Clark (KY), Estill (KY), Fayette (KY), Franklin (KY), Gallatin (KY), Garrard (KY), Graves (KY), Harlan (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Laurel (KY), Lawrence (KY), Lewis (KY), Livingston (KY), Lyon (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Magoffin (KY), Marshall (KY), Martin (KY), Monroe (KY), Montgomery (KY), Oldham (KY), Pendleton (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Wolfe (KY), Woodford (KY), Benton (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Chester (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dickson (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Hickman (TN), Jackson (TN), Jefferson (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Lewis (TN), Loudon (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1964 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100553583 Fayette Kentucky 12 Sep 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
9431
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553682 Monroe Kentucky 22 Sep 2001 Gary W. Libby
21
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553724 Pike Kentucky 14 Aug 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
9248
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553641 Jefferson Kentucky 24 Aug 2006 Patricia D. Haragan
880
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553765 Wolfe Kentucky 04 Sep 1998 Kim Feeman
282
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553757 Rockcastle Kentucky 27 Aug 1977 Richard H. Hannan
125
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017235 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017230 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
ETSU007441 Johnson Tennessee 25 Aug 2013 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
ETSU007442 Johnson Tennessee 28 Sep 2013 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 09 Aug 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
31973000007879 Campbell Kentucky 05 Oct 2014 Conley, Justin
2014-0096
KNK
Epilobium coloratum
31973000016599 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157105 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553799 Fentress Tennessee 05 Sep 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5394
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553740 Rockcastle Kentucky 22 Sep 1997 Joe Snadgrass
4
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553708 Montgomery Kentucky 24 Aug 1984 Julian Campbell
1074
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553559 Casey Kentucky 10 Sep 1988 Bruce Hoagland
734
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017227 Jackson Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017229 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 17 Oct 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
ETSU005756 Unicoi Tennessee 23 Oct 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 27 Aug 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
31973000016610 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Epilobium coloratum
31973000016605 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157095 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157100 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157073 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553591 Fayette Kentucky 08 Sep 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
9416
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553716 Pike Kentucky 14 Aug 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
9283.5
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553534 Carter Kentucky 23 Oct 1965 E. T. Browne Jr.
11593
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553690 Magoffin Kentucky 13 Oct 1997 A. D. Wireman
47
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553518 Bell Kentucky 28 Aug 1988 Ralph L. Thompson
88-2186
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553633 Graves Kentucky 11 Sep 1979 Raymond Athey
4454
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553666 Laurel Kentucky 01 Oct 1991 Ronald L. Jones
6971
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017219 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 11 Aug 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
N/A Carter Tennessee 15 Sep 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
N/A Carter Tennessee 15 Sep 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157078 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157109 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157060 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553732 Powell Kentucky 07 Oct 1997 Kim Feeman
180
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553658 Laurel Kentucky 25 Sep 1999 Amanda N. Allen
59
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017233 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017232 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017225 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017237 DeKalb Tennessee
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017223 Clark Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
31973000016600 Gallatin Kentucky
KNK
Epilobium coloratum
31973000016607 Lawrence Kentucky
KNK
Epilobium coloratum
31973000016609 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157068 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157066 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157092 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157070 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553609 Fayette Kentucky 27 Sep 1978 Mary E. Wharton
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553542 Carter Kentucky 15 Sep 1978 Richard H. Hannan
01-004-149
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553500 Adair Kentucky 19 Sep 1997 Joe Metzmeier
25
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553674 Magoffin Kentucky 21 Sep 1997 A. D. Wireman
30
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017226 Jackson Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017218 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017220 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017231 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017234 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
N/A Greene Tennessee 01 Oct 2017 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
31973000016603 Breathitt Kentucky
KNK
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157082 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157107 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157074 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157076 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553617 Franklin Kentucky 03 Oct 1979 John MacGregor
FR-64
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553567 Clark Kentucky 28 Aug 1994 Ralph L. Thompson
94-728
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553526 Carter Kentucky 14 Aug 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
11033
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017238 DeKalb Tennessee
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017228 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017224 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
ETSU007440 Johnson Tennessee 01 Sep 2013 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
31973000016606 Pendleton Kentucky
KNK
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157106 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157096 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157075 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157093 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157088 Jefferson Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157104 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157061 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157195 Fayette Kentucky
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157085 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157194 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157067 Chester Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157065 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157091 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157062 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157064 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157063 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157080 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157059 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157089 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0109537 Casey Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0092932 Montgomery Tennessee 22 Sep 2017 Mason Brock
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0054942 Williamson Tennessee 14 Sep 1996 R. Kral
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 01 Aug 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
31973000016602 Breathitt Kentucky
KNK
Epilobium coloratum
31973000016608 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Epilobium coloratum
31973000016604 Breathitt Kentucky
KNK
Epilobium coloratum
31973000016601 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157094 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157079 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157071 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157097 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157087 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157090 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0109536 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0078956 Adair Kentucky 15 Oct 1978 John Macgregor
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0109175 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157101 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157208 Graves Kentucky
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157072 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157103 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157086 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157207 Fayette Kentucky
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157196 Pike Kentucky
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0009094 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0009093 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0009089 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0009091 Campbell Tennessee
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0109541 Woodford Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0083955 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0009092 Dickson Tennessee
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
HTTU030987 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Epilobium coloratum
31234100767084 Madison Kentucky 04 Sep 2015 Thomas McFadden
196
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553575 Estill Kentucky Donald K. Walker
493
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
31234100553625 Franklin Kentucky 29 Aug 1984 Steven Rice
FR-749
EKY
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017221 Casey Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
BEREA017222 Clark Kentucky
BEREA
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157099 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157083 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157108 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157102 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0073239 Madison Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0009087 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0009086 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0009088 Trigg Kentucky 22 Sep 1989 Edward Chester
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0078961 Allen Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
HTTU022098 Tennessee
HTTU
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157081 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157077 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0072173 Lewis Tennessee 28 Oct 2016 Mason Brock
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0109376 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0078398 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0009095 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0009097 Grundy Tennessee
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0103030 DeKalb Tennessee
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0108583 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0108585 Campbell Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0113804 Rockcastle Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
HTTU024830 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Epilobium coloratum
HTTU025139 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Epilobium coloratum
HTTU022097 Tennessee
HTTU
Epilobium coloratum
UOS04544 Franklin Tennessee 03 Sep 2002 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0071406 Laurel Kentucky 17 Sep 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
ETSU034975 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
MEM017667 Calloway Kentucky 24 Sep 1979 Raymond Athey
4501
MEM
Epilobium coloratum
HTTU010690 Johnson Tennessee
HTTU
Epilobium coloratum
HTTU022096 Tennessee
HTTU
Epilobium coloratum
HTTU036382 White Tennessee
HTTU
Epilobium coloratum
MEM014850 Livingston Kentucky 16 Aug 1978 Raymond Athey
4205
MEM
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0109380 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0108800 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
HTTU010691 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Epilobium coloratum
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 19 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
ETSU025576 Johnson Tennessee 10 Aug 2013 Adam McCullough
DOEM 0205
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157069 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
UCHT020789 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0009096 Hamilton Tennessee
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0108584 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0055691 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0078363 Harlan Kentucky 21 Sep 1984 Max Medley
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0079637 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
ETSU031711 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
UOS04541 Franklin Tennessee 16 Sep 2000 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Epilobium coloratum
UOS04542 Grundy Tennessee 12 Sep 2001 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Epilobium coloratum
ETSU026804 Hawkins Tennessee 19 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19960
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
ETSU034979 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 24 Oct 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
ETSU027023 Hawkins Tennessee 24 Oct 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
191179
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
ETSU034977 Carter Tennessee 20 Aug 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157084 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0109539 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0108247 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0009090 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0076730 Rowan Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0009085 Montgomery Tennessee 07 Sep 1998 Edward Chester
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
HTTU010692 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Epilobium coloratum
MTSU013284 DeKalb Tennessee 31 Aug 1986 Landon E. McKinney
2339
MTSU
Epilobium coloratum
ETSU030847 Cocke Tennessee
ETSU
Epilobium coloratum
MEM017637 Marshall Kentucky 20 Sep 1979 Raymond Athey
4497
MEM
Epilobium coloratum
TENN-V-0157098 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0109378 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
APSC0078953 Martin Kentucky
APSC
Epilobium coloratum
HTTU030988 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Epilobium coloratum
HTTU025138 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Epilobium coloratum
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