Epilobium palustre, SE: Kärrdunört, DE: Sumpf-Weidenröschen,
NL:Moerasbasterdwederik, UK: Marsh Willowherb, Marsh fireweed

Scientific name:		Epilobium palustreL.
Swedish name:		Kärrdunört
German name:		Sumpf-Weidenröschen
Nederlandse naam:		Moerasbasterdwederik Marsh Willowherb
English name:		Marsh Willowherb, Marsh fireweed
Family:		Onagraceae, Dunörtsväxter, Willowherb family

Date Picture Taken: July 23, 2008

Life form:		Hairy perennial, dicot
Stems:		Spindly stems with leaves; flowering stems pubescent; end of stem droops once past the bud stage
Leaves:		Two to seven centimeters long, widely-spaced oval to linear leaves
Flowers:		4 green sepals; 4 white or pink lanceolate, slightly lobed or undulating petals, 8 stamens Hairy inflorescences of small white or pink four-petals flowers
Flowering Period:		July, August
Fruits:		Hairy capsule 3 to 9 centimeters long
Habitat:		Fresh water, bogs, marshes, pastureland, meadows

Date Picture Taken: July 23, 2008 Derivation of the botanical name: Epilolobium derived from epi, "on top of," indicating that the other flower parts are on top of the lobium, the "pod" or "fruit." palustre, "in bogs". The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. Date Picture Taken: July 23, 2008 Date Picture Taken: July 23, 2008