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Epilobium minutum
Also called Desert Willowherb, Little Willowherb, Minute Willowherb, Small Flowered Willowherb
Chaparral willowherb is a small, spindly annual wildflower of western North America, found in fields, meadows and vernal pools, and often among the first plants to appear after wildfire. Grow it in full sun in open, disturbed ground with good drainage.
Epilobium minutum is a species of flowering plant, known by the common names little willowherb, chaparral willowherb and desert willowherb, in the family Onagraceae. It is also called "smallflower willowherb" in reference to its relatively small size. However that name, in particular the British English variant "small-flowered willowherb", typically refers to Epilobium parviflorum.
This annual wildflower is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta to California and Arizona. This is a plant of fields and meadows, including vernal pools, and it is one of the first flowers to spring up in areas recently cleared by wildfire.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epilobium minutum 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.
