Epilobium clavatum
| Epilobium clavatum | |
|---|---|
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| Epilobium clavatum in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Epilobium |
| Species: | E. clavatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Epilobium clavatum Trel. | |
Epilobium clavatum is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common names talus willowherb[1] and clavatefruit willowherb. It is native to western North America from Alaska to northern California to Colorado, where it grows in rocky high mountain habitat such as talus. It is a clumping perennial herb forming bristly mounds up to about 20 centimeters high and spreading outward via tough stolons. The oval-shaped leaves are 1 to 3 centimeters long. The inflorescence is an erect raceme of flowers, each with four small pink petals. The fruit is a capsule up to 4 centimeters long.
References
- ↑ "Epilobium clavatum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
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