Epilobium minutum

"Smallflower willowherb" redirects here, which may also mean Epilobium parviflorum (see text).

Epilobium minutum
Epilobium minutum flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Onagraceae
Genus:	Epilobium
Species:	E. minutum
Binomial name
Epilobium minutum Lindl. ex Lehm.

Epilobium minutum is a species of willowherb known by the common names Chaparral Willowherb and Desert Willowherb. It is also called "smallflower willowherb", however that name, in particular the British English variant "Small-flowered Willowherb", typically refers to Epilobium parviflorum.

Epilobium minutum, at the Kingston Prairie Preserve, Stayton, Oregon.

This annual wildflower is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta to California and Arizona. This is a plant of fields and meadows, including vernal pools, and it is one of the first flowers to spring up in areas recently cleared by wildfire.

Description

Epilobium minutum is a small, spindly plant with thin, branching stems approaching a maximum of 40 centimeters in height. The sparse leaves are oval-shaped and one or two centimeters long. The stems are topped with few tiny white to light purple flowers with notched petals each a few millimeters long. The fruit is a capsule one or two centimeters in length.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment - Epilobium minutum
• USDA Plants Profile: Epilobium minutum
• Epilobium minutum - U.C. Photo gallery

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