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§1 Plant

Epilobium strictum Muhl. ex Spreng.

vernacular downy willowherb — species · Onagraceae


USDA
EPST
GBIF
3189106 syn.
Rank
species
downy willowherb (Epilobium strictum)
Platephotograph · Pete Woods source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Onagraceae Juss.
Genus
Epilobium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 168 counties across 16 states/territories
Legend Native · 168 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 168 counties across 16 states/territories.

Illinois view state ↗ 5 N
Indiana view state ↗ 22 N
Maine view state ↗ 11 N
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N
Michigan view state ↗ 25 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 8 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N
New York view state ↗ 29 N
Ohio view state ↗ 13 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 8 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N
Vermont view state ↗ 6 N
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 18 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/EPST ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3189106 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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