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Epilobium clavatum

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Onagraceae

Scientific name
  
Epilobium clavatum

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Myrtales

Genus
  
Epilobium

Higher classification
  
Willowherbs

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Similar
  
Epilobium glaberrimum, Epilobium oreganum, Epilobium siskiyouense, Willowherbs, Epilobium minutum

Epilobium clavatum is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common names talus willowherb 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.

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Epilobium clavatum Wikipedia