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Epilobium coloratum Biehler Purpleleaf willowherb, cinnamon willow-herb
Cinnamon willow-herb, a North American native, is a member of the evening primrose family. Identification: This species is quite variable. They have a vaguely disorganized look about them. Plants are 12-36" (30-91 cm) tall, erect, sometimes branching. Stems may be square or round. Leaves may be opposite or alternate. They attach directly to the leaf (“sessile”) or by a short stem, called the petiole. Leaves are toothed, narrow (“lanceolate”), up to 4" (10 cm) × ½" (1.3 cm). Flowers are ¼" (8.5 mm) around, with four white or pale pink petals, each petal with two lobes. The flowers are in racemes—loose clusters—and they appear from July to August. Each flower tops a “stem” about 2" (6 cm) long that develops into a skinny fruit, like a straight bean, about ¹/₃₂" (1.3 mm) around. Online References:
Epilobium coloratum on delawarewildflowers.org Epilobium coloratum at Illinois Wildflowers Epilobium coloratum on Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants Epilobium coloratum on the USDA Plants Database Epilobium coloratum on the Connecticut Botanical Society's Connecticut wildflowers site Epilobium coloratum at the University of Wisconsin's Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium Epilobium coloratum at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Epilobium coloratum at the University of Michigan Herbarium
Epilobium coloratum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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8/18/2010 · J. Harry Rich Woods, off Nod Rd., Groton, Massachusetts Range:
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ID is uncertain 
