Epilobium septentrionale

Epilobium septentrionale
Epilobium septentrionale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Epilobium
Species: E. septentrionale
Binomial name
Epilobium septentrionale
(D.D.Keck) R.N.Bowman & Hoch
Synonyms

Zauschneria septentrionalis

Epilobium septentrionale, with the common names Humboldt County Fuchsia and Northern Willowherb, is a species of willowherb. Like the wildflower zauschneria, this plant was once treated as a member of genus Zauschneria but has more recently been placed with the willowherbs.

Description

Epilobium septentrionale is a squat, clumpy perennial growing in thin patches of soil between rocks and sending up a few erect stems. The leaves are oval and pointed, glandular, and covered in a coat of white fuzz. At the end of each erect branch is a glandular inflorescence bearing a bright red-orange tubular flower 2 or 3 centimeters long. A bunch of stamens and one long pistil protrude obviously from the mouth of the bloom, which is pollinated by nectar-feeding birds. The fruit is a hairy capsule about two centimeters long.

Distribution

This species is endemic to northern California, where it is an uncommon resident of the rocky ledges of the coast ranges.

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