Epilobium clavatum

Epilobium clavatum
	Epilobium clavatum in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Onagraceae
Genus:	Epilobium
Species:	E. clavatum
Binomial name
	Epilobium clavatum; Trel.[verification needed]

Epilobium clavatum is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common names talus willowherb^[1] and clavatefruit willowherb. It is native to western North America from Alaska to northern California to Colorado, where it grows in rocky high mountain habitat such as talus. It is a clumping perennial herb forming bristly mounds up to about 20 centimeters high and spreading outward via tough stolons. The oval-shaped leaves are 1 to 3 centimeters long. The inflorescence is an erect raceme of flowers, each with four small pink petals. The fruit is a capsule up to 4 centimeters long.

References

^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Epilobium clavatum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 18 March 2016.

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[1] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Epilobium clavatum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 18 March 2016.

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