Epilobium alsinifolium

Epilobium alsinifolium
Epilobium alsinifolium near Obervellach in southern Austria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Epilobium
Species: E. alsinifolium
Binomial name
Epilobium alsinifolium
Lam.

Epilobium alsinifolium is a species of willowherb known by the common name chickweed willowherb.[1] This small flowering plant can be found in European arctic regions and further south in mountainous regions with an Arctic climate, as well as in Greenland.[2] It is a perennial found in low clumps approximately 10 25 centimeters in height. It has wide, rounded basal leaves and narrower leaves further up the stem. It bears purple or pinkish trumpet-shaped flowers, 7 12 millimeters in diameter,[3] and the fruit is a capsule two or three centimeters long.

References

  1. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. "Epilobium alsinifolium (Chickweed Willowherb)". Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  3. "West Highland Flora". plantidentification.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-05-28.

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