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Epilobium pallidum

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Onagraceae

Scientific name
  
Epilobium pallidum

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Myrtales

Genus
  
Epilobium

Higher classification
  
Willowherbs

Similar
  
Epilobium clavatum, Epilobium oreganum, Epilobium siskiyouense, Epilobium septentrionale, Epilobium glaberrimum

Epilobium pallidum is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name largeflower spike-primrose. It is native to western United States, where it grows in moist areas in northern California, Oregon, and Idaho. It is an annual herb producing a narrow, upright stem up to 60 centimeters long lined with narrow oval leaves each up to 5 centimeters in length. The inflorescence atop the stem bears several flowers and hairy, leaflike bracts. Each flower has four bilobed petals each up to about a centimeter long and bright pink in color. The fruit is a beaked capsule between 1 and 2 centimeters long containing a row of tiny seeds.

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Epilobium pallidum Wikipedia