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Epilobium anagallidifolium
Also called Alpine Willowherb
Pimpernel willowherb (Epilobium anagallidifolium) is a small alpine perennial in the evening-primrose family, forming low clumps in cold mountain and northern habitats. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, and it needs cool, open, moist conditions to do well.
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.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epilobium anagallidifolium 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.
