A Willow Herb at Michelago, NSW
Identification history
| Epilobium sp. | 3 Dec 2018 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Epilobium sp. | 3 Dec 2018 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Unidentified | 3 Dec 2018 | Illilanga |
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Private property. No public access without permission. Growing along the edge of our large wetland. ID of the plant please so I can add it to the related moth sighting: https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sighting/3876255
4 comments
KenT
wrote:
3 Dec 2018
My guess is that this is a species of Epilobium, based on: habitat, teeth on leaf, attachment of leaf to stem, and that plants in this genus are one of the food plants for Phalaenoides moths. But as Betty says to take it to species you will need it in flower and may even need seeds, see the PlantNET key: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Epilobium
Illilanga
wrote:
4 Dec 2018
Thanks so much for your help. I've updated the sighting with two more photos showing emerging flowers. I suspect it is Epilobium ciliatum based on the flower, red stems and long stalks. Happy to collect some seed later down the track. If it is an exotic I am reluctant to remove as it is clearly supporting our local native insects/birds. It doesn't seem to be too weedy and naturalised in this location. How would it spread? Thoughts?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.158463-35.782632
- Altitude 771.4m
- Maps Illilanga & Baroona
- Places Michelago, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 3 Dec 2018 12:20 PM Recorded on
- Illilanga Recorded by
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Plants Other Wildflowers & Herbs Illilanga Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- True In flower
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
Species information
- Epilobium sp. Scientific name
- A Willow Herb Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1703.3m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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