Epilobium anagallidifolium
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| Epilobium anagallidifolium in Alpine Lakes Wilderness | |
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E. anagallidifolium
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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 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.
Description
This species has an unbranched stem rising to 150 cm high. The leaves are lanceolate, alternate and have a short stalk.[1] 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.
References
- ↑ Webb, D.A., Parnell, J. and Doogue, D. 1996. An Irish Flora. Dundalgan Press Ltd. Dundalk. ISBN 0-85221-131-7
External links
Media related to Epilobium anagallidifolium at Wikimedia Commons
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