Epilobium anagallidifolium
Species of flowering plant in the willowherb family
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Epilobium anagallidifolium is a species of willowherb known by the common names pimpernel willowherb and alpine willowherb. This small flowering plant has a near-circumboreal distribution and can be found in mountain ranges further south, where grows in alpine climates. It is a perennial found in low clumps rarely exceeding 20 centimeters in height.
| Epilobium anagallidifolium | |
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| In Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA, USA | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Epilobium |
| Species: | E. anagallidifolium |
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| Epilobium anagallidifolium | |
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Description
This species has an unbranched stem rising to 150 cm high. The leaves are lanceolate, alternate and have a short stalk.[3] It has wide, rounded basal leaves and narrower leaves further up the stem, and its foliage is often hairy. It bears purple or pinkish trumpet-shaped flowers and the fruit is a capsule two or three centimeters long.
