The table below contains information of most relevance to UK users, and some parts of the table which would be relevant to other users have not been populated. The links to NBN Atlas and GBIF go via Google, and some may not work.
The table refers to the number of records on 3 October 2024.
Scientific name |
Common name |
Hybrid formula |
Records |
UK records |
Presence in British Isles (Stace) |
Stace comment, for British Isles |
Places where recorded on Inaturalist |
NBN Atlas |
GBIF |
Epilobium |
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158,271 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x abortivum |
|
E. lanceolatum x E. roseum |
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|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x aggregatum |
|
E. montanum x E. obscurum |
1 |
UK records |
scattered in British Isles |
one of the commonest |
England |
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x anglicum |
|
E. hirsutum x E. obscurum |
|
|
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|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x argillaceum |
|
E. parvifolium x E. brunnescens |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x aschersonianum |
|
E. parvifolium x E. lanceolatum |
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NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x boissieri |
|
E. anagallidifolium x E. alsinifolium |
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NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x borbasianum |
|
E. tetragonum x E. roseum |
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NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x brachiatum |
|
E. obscurum x E. roseum |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x brevipilum |
|
E. hirsutum x E. tetragonum |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x brunnatum |
|
E. ciliatum x E. brunnescens |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x chateri |
|
E. palustre x E. brunnescens |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x confusilobum |
|
E. montanum x E. brunnescens |
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|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x cornubiense |
|
E. lanceotatum x E. brunnescens |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x dacicum |
|
E. parvifolium x E.obscurum |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x dasycarpum |
|
E. palustre x E. anagallidifolium |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x erroneum |
|
E. hirsutum x E. montanum |
2 |
UK records |
scattered in N Britain to S Scotland |
|
England |
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x fallacinum |
|
E. lanceotatum x E. tetragonum |
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|
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x floridulum |
|
E. parviflorum x E. ciliatum |
1 |
UK records |
scattered over most of British Isles |
|
England |
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x fossicola |
|
E. ciliatum x E. palustre |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x goerzii |
|
E. hirsutum x E. roseum |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x grenieri |
[aka x facchini (Stace)] |
E. montanum x E. alsinifolium |
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|
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|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x haussknechtianum |
|
E. montanum x E. tetragonum |
1 |
UK records |
scattered in England |
|
England |
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x haynaldianum |
|
E. palustre x E. alsinifolium |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x heterocaulon |
[aka x heterocaule (Stace)] |
E. montanum x E. roseum |
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|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x interjectum |
|
E. montanum x E. ciliatum |
2 |
UK records |
scattered |
now probably the commonest |
England |
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x kitcheneri |
|
E. montanum x E. pedunculare |
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NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x lamotteanum |
|
E. lanceotatum x E. obscurum |
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NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x langeanum |
|
E. lanceolatum x E. palustre |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x laschianum |
|
E. tetragonum x E. palustre |
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NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x limosum |
|
E. parviflorum x E. montanum |
2 |
UK records |
scattered |
one of the commonest; parviflorum/montanum/obscurum and parviflorum/montaneum/roseum probably also occur |
England, Germany |
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x marshallianum |
|
E. obscurum x E. anagallidifolium |
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|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x mentiens |
|
E. tetragonum x E. ciliatum |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x montaniforme |
|
E. montanum x E. palustre |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x neogradiense |
|
E. montanum v E. lanceotaum |
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|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x novae-civitatis |
|
E. hirsutum x E. ciliatum |
1 |
UK records |
scattered in N Britain to C Scotland |
|
Russia |
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x nutantiflorum |
|
E. roseum x E. ciliatum |
|
|
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|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x obscurescens |
|
E. obscurum x E. brunnescens |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x palatinum |
|
E. parvifolium x E. tetragonum |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x persicinum |
|
E. parvifolium x E. roseum |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x purpureum |
|
E. roseum x E. palustre |
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|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x rivulare |
|
E. parvifolium x E. palustre |
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|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x rivulicola |
|
E. obscurum x E. alsinifolium |
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|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x schmidtianum |
|
E. obscurum x E. palustre |
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|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x sericeum |
[aka x subhirsutum (Stace)] |
E. hirsutum x E. parviflorum |
1 |
UK records |
scattered in N Britain to C Scotland, Guernsey |
|
England |
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x surreyanum |
|
E. hirsutum x E. lancelotanum |
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|
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x thuringiacum |
[aka x semiobscurum (Stace)] |
E. tetragonum x E. obscurum |
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|
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x treleaseanum |
Trelease's Willowherb |
E. luteum x E. ciliatum ssp. glandulosum |
2 |
UK records |
not recorded |
|
USA |
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x vicinum |
|
E. obscurum x E. ciliatum |
1 |
UK records |
scattered |
now one of the commonest |
England |
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x waterfallii |
|
E. hirsutum x E.palustre |
|
|
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium x wisconsinense |
|
E. coloratum x E. ciliatum subsp. ciliatum var. ciliatum |
2 |
UK records |
not recorded |
|
USA |
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium algidum |
|
|
60 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium alpestre |
Whorled-leaved Willowherb |
|
277 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium alsinifolium |
Chickweed Willowherb |
|
309 |
UK records |
(present) |
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium alsinoides |
|
|
173 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium amurense |
|
|
629 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium anagallidifolium |
Alpine Willowherb |
|
1,201 |
UK records |
(present) |
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium anatolicum |
|
|
5 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium angustum |
|
|
90 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium arcticum |
Arctic Willowherb |
|
3 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium astonii |
|
|
3 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium australe |
|
|
48 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium billardiereanum |
Smooth Willow Herb |
|
1,005 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium brachycarpum |
Panicled Willowherb |
|
5,825 |
UK records |
(local) |
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium brevifolium |
|
|
57 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium brevipes |
|
|
8 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium brunnescens |
New Zealand Willowherb |
|
719 |
UK records |
spreading |
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium campestre |
Pygmy Willowherb |
|
78 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium canum |
California Fuchsia |
|
16,027 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium capense |
Cape Willowherb |
|
17 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium chionanthum |
|
|
26 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium chitralense |
|
|
1 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium chlorifolium |
|
|
52 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium ciliatum |
American Willowherb |
|
26,077 |
UK records |
commonest in Central and S Britain |
still spreading |
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium clavatum |
Clavate-fruit Willowherb |
|
97 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium cleistogamum |
Selfing Willowherb |
|
10 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium cockaynianum |
|
|
1 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium collinum |
Hill Willowherb |
|
135 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium coloratum |
Cinnamon Willowherb |
|
5,458 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium confertifolium |
|
|
58 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium confusum |
|
|
1 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium crassum |
|
|
57 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium curtisiae |
|
|
11 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium cylindricum |
|
|
3 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium davuricum |
Dahurian Willowherb |
|
50 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium densiflorum |
Denseflower Willowherb |
|
1,898 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium densifolium |
|
|
3 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium densum |
Downy Willowherb |
|
101 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium denticulatum |
Andean Willowherb |
|
117 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium elegans |
|
|
9 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium facchinii |
|
|
1 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium fastigiatoramosum |
|
|
12 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium fauriei |
Faurie's Willowherb |
|
3 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium forbesii |
|
|
12 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium fragile |
|
|
1 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium fugitivum |
|
|
3 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium gemmascens |
|
|
6 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium glabellum |
|
|
370 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium glaberrimum |
Glaucous Willowherb |
|
171 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium glaucum |
|
|
12 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium gracilipes |
|
|
28 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium gunnianum |
Gunn's Willow-Herb |
|
65 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium hallianum |
Hall's Willowherb |
|
62 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium hectorii |
|
|
45 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium hirsutum |
Great Willowherb |
|
37,269 |
UK records |
common |
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium hirtigerum |
Hairy Willowherb |
|
459 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium hohuanense |
|
|
174 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium hornemannii |
Hornemann's Willowherb |
|
473 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium howellii |
Subalpine Fireweed |
|
14 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium insulare |
|
|
36 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium komarovianum |
Bronzy Willowherb |
|
172 |
UK records |
(present) |
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium komarovii |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium krulleanum |
|
|
5 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium lactiflorum |
Milkflower Willowherb |
|
99 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium laestadii |
|
|
1 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium lanceolatum |
Spear-leaved Willowherb |
|
130 |
UK records |
locally frequent, mostly in SW England and Channel Islands |
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium laxum |
|
|
2 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium leptocarpum |
Slender-fruited Willowherb |
|
9 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium leptophyllum |
Linear-leaf Willowherb |
|
615 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium luteum |
Yellow Willowherb |
|
530 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium macropus |
|
|
118 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium madrense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium margaretiae |
|
|
23 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium matthewsii |
|
|
7 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium maysillesii |
|
|
2 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium melanocaulon |
|
|
510 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium mexicanum |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium microphyllum |
|
|
116 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium minutiflorum |
|
|
3 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium minutum |
Little Willowherb |
|
1,303 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium mirabile |
Olympic Mountain Willowherb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium montanum |
Broad-leaved Willowherb |
|
9,241 |
UK records |
common |
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium nankotaizanense |
|
|
104 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium nerteroides |
Beadplant Willowherb |
|
143 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium nevadense |
Nevada Willowherb |
|
3 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium nivale |
|
|
6 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium nivium |
Snow Mountain Willowherb |
|
21 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium nummulariifolium |
New Zealand Willowherb |
|
339 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium obcordatum |
Rockfringe Willowherb |
|
1,025 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium obscurum |
Short-fruited Willowherb |
|
377 |
UK records |
frequent more or less throughout British Isles |
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium oreganum |
Oregon Fireweed |
|
12 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium oregonense |
Oregon Willowherb |
|
43 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium pallidiflorum |
Swamp Willowherb |
|
164 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium pallidum |
Largeflower Spike-Primrose |
|
2 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium palustre |
Marsh Willowherb |
|
2,904 |
UK records |
frequent throughout British Isles except parts of SE England |
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium parviflorum |
Hoary Willowherb |
|
5,352 |
UK records |
frequent |
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium pedicellare |
|
|
1 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium pedunculare |
Rockery Willowherb |
|
218 |
UK records |
(present) |
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium pengii |
|
|
1 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium pernitens |
|
|
162 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium perpusillum |
|
|
1 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium petraeum |
|
|
10 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium pictum |
|
|
5 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium platystigmatosum |
|
|
24 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium ponticum |
|
|
1 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium porphyrium |
|
|
126 |
UK records |
|
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NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium pseudorubescens |
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1,575 |
UK records |
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NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium psilotum |
|
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1 |
UK records |
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|
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NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium pubens |
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|
130 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium purpuratum |
|
|
5 |
UK records |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium pycnostachyum |
Scree Epilobium |
|
293 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium pyrricholophum |
|
|
21 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium ravenii |
California Willowherb |
|
41 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium rechingeri |
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NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium rigidum |
Siskiyou Mountains Willowherb |
|
74 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium roseum |
Pale Willowherb |
|
717 |
UK records |
scattered throughout most of Br |
apparently decreasing |
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NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium rostratum |
|
|
12 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium rotundifolium |
|
|
191 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium royleanum |
|
|
6 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium rubro-marginatum |
|
|
48 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium salignum |
|
|
23 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium sarmentaceum |
|
|
13 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium saximontanum |
Rocky Mountain Willowherb |
|
22 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium septentrionale |
Humboldt County Fuchsia |
|
19 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium sinense |
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|
1 |
UK records |
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|
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NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium siskiyouense |
Siskiyou Fireweed |
|
172 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium smithii |
Smith's Willowherb |
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|
|
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium stereophyllum |
|
|
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|
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium stevenii |
|
|
2 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium subdentatum |
|
|
14 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium taiwanianum |
|
|
2 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium tasmanicum |
|
|
144 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium tetragonum |
Square-stalked Willowherb |
|
2,593 |
UK records |
locally common in Channel Islands, Central and S Britain, Isle of Man |
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|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium tianschanicum |
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NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium tibetanum |
|
|
2 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium torreyi |
Torrey's Willowherb |
|
117 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium vernicosum |
|
|
37 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium willisii |
|
|
26 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Epilobium wilsonii |
|
|
9 |
UK records |
|
|
|
NBN |
GBIF |
Nuttalia |
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NBN |
GBIF |
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