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Epilobium alpestre
Epilobium alpestre is a perennial willowherb from European and western Asian mountains, growing 30 to 100 cm tall with pink flowers from July to September. It is a hardy wild species grown mainly in cool, mountain-style gardens, and it likes cool, moist conditions.
Epilobium alpestre is a species of willowherb in the family Onagraceae. It is native to Europe and Asia.
Epilobium alpestre is present in the Central and Southern Europe (mainly in the Alps) and in Western Asia. It occurs in high mountains at an elevation of 800–2,500 metres (2,600–8,200 ft) above sea level.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epilobium alpestre by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
