Epilobium lactiflorum is a species of willowherb known by the common name milkflower willowherb or whiteflower willowherb. This plant is found throughout northern North America and northern Eurasia, where it most often grows in moist, rocky areas at some elevation. It is a hairy, clumping perennial with thin stems reaching 10 to 50 centimeters in height, and leafy stolons. The leaves are 2 to 5 centimeters long and have hairs along the edges and winged petioles. The tiny flowers are usually white, sometimes pink, and have notched petals 3 to 6 millimeters long. The fruit is a hairy capsule up to 10 centimeters in length.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Epilobium lactiflorum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens16
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences2
eDNA detections6
Countries3
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK1★rbcL1★rbcLa★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualEpilobium lactiflorum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Seavey, S. R. & P. H. RAVEN. 1978. Chromosomal evolution in Epilobium sect. EpilobIum (Onagraceae) III. Pl. Syst. Evol. 130: 79–83.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — TAYLOR, R. L. 1967. In IOPB chromosome number reports XIII. Taxon 16: 445-461.
CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — POJAR, J. 1973. Levels of polyploidy in four vegetation types of southwestern British Columbia. Canad. J. Bot. 51: 621-628. I
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy78% within 1 km
≤100 m 822≤1 km 835≤10 km 447>10 km 30
2 134 georeferenced · 559 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 693
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy58% within 1 km
≤100 m 280≤1 km 744≤10 km 530>10 km 214
1 768 georeferenced · 934 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 702
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions63 of 101 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Olocation not on record
473
Trondheim, NO
316
TROMlocation not on record
235
LDlocation not on record
211
Garðabær, IS
146
Pullman, US
96
Bergen, NO
96
Tsukuba, JP
78
Victoria, CA
67
WTUlocation not on record
63
Corvallis, US
57
Moscow, US
56
KMNlocation not on record
53
Helsinki, FI
50
47
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
45
Chicago, US
41
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
35
Oskarshamn, SE
33
Uppsala, SE
30
Missoula, US
29
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
29
Vancouver, CA
22
Oulu, FI
19
Turku, FI
17
Claremont, US
14
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
14
Madison, US
13
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
12
Caldwell, US
12
Université Lavallocation not on record
12
Angwin, US
12
Québec, CA
12
DOI/NPS, Mount Rainier National Parklocation not on record
10
Bozeman, US
10
nbflocation not on record
10
Boise, US
9
Montréal, CA
9
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
8
Wuzhou, CN
8
Albuquerque, US
8
Philadelphia, US
7
TUR-Alocation not on record
7
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
6
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
6
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
5
Tromso University Museumlocation not on record
5
Nagano City, JP
5
Denver, US
5
Riverside, US
4
Pocatello, US
4
ASUlocation not on record
4
Arcata, US
4
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
4
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
4
Davis, US
4
Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record
3
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
3
Grand Junction, US
3
Pittsburg, US
3
Santa Barbara, US
3
Stockholm, SE
3
Bronx, US
3
Anchorage, US
3
Toyama, JP
3
Durango, US
3
Edinburgh, GB
3
Orem, US
2
Flagstaff, US
2
Portland, US
2
St. Paul, US
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
Bangkok, TH
2
Copenhagen, DK
2
Saint Louis, US
2
Phoenix, US
2
MAlocation not on record
2
BClocation not on record
2
Logan, US
2
San Diego, US
1
Tomioka, JP
1
Yukon Universitylocation not on record
1
US
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Toronto, CA
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
Whitehorse, CA
1
Fukushima Universitylocation not on record
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Irvine, US
1
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Guangzhou, CN
1
B.A. Bennett Herbariumlocation not on record
1
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
1
San Francisco, US
1
Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record
1
BRNUlocation not on record
1
DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record
1
Porvoo, FI
1
INFlocation not on record
1
Burlington, US
1
101 institutions · 2 670 of 2 702 vouchered records shown · 32 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Epilobium lactiflorum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found6
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median13.3 °C 12.0–16.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter23.6 °C
Max temp (day)16.5 °C 13.7–22.1
Min temp (night)9.20 °C 7.70–12.0
Precipitation77.1 mm/mo 63.9–81.6
Air humidity60.7 % 56.3–64.2
Moisture balance-11.4 mm/mo -56.5–15.8
Vapour deficit631 Pa 506–775
Wind speed2.10 m/s 1.70–2.70
Cloud cover60.3 % 35.8–65.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 6 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 409 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics16 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗