Epilobium anagallidifolium

Epilobium anagallidifolium is a species of willowherb known by the common names pimpernel willowherb and alpine willowherb. This small flowering plant has a near-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.

Epilobium anagallidifolium
In Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA, USA
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Onagraceae
Genus:	Epilobium
Species:	E. anagallidifolium
Binomial name
Epilobium anagallidifolium Lam.
Synonyms[2]
List Epilobium alpinum subsp. anagallidifolium (Lam.) Čelak. Epilobium alpinum var. fontanum Wahlenb. Epilobium athelespermum H.Lév. Epilobium cernuum Pall. ex Hausskn. Epilobium dielsii H.Lév. Epilobium nakaharanum Nakai Epilobium pseudoscaposum Hausskn. Epilobium repens Hill

Description

This species has an unbranched stem rising to 150 cm high. The leaves are lanceolate, alternate and have a short stalk.^[3] 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.