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Grants Pass willowherb

Epilobium oreganum

Also called Oregon Fireweed, Grant's Pass Willowherb

Grants Pass willowherb
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Family
Onagraceae (Evening-primrose family)
Grows as
Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
SW. Oregon to N. California
Climate
temperate

About

Epilobium oreganum is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common names Grants Pass willowherb and Oregon fireweed (though it is not a true fireweed). It is native to southern Oregon and northern California, where it is historically known mostly from the Klamath Mountains. It is currently confirmed to exist only in Josephine County, Oregon, and Trinity County, California, where it grows in boggy areas on serpentine soils. It is a perennial herb growing up to a meter in height with thin, hairless stems. The red-veined leaves are oval to lance-shaped and up to 9 centimeters (3.5 in) long. The inflorescence bears flowers with pink petals just over a centimeter long and a protruding pistil. The fruit is a hairy, glandular capsule up to 4.5 centimeters (1.8 in) long.

Other Epilobium plants

Whorled Leaved Willowherb · Chickweed Willowherb · Pimpernel willowherb · Aboriginal willowherb · Tall annual willowherb · New Zealand Willowherb · Hummingbird trumpet · Fringed willowherb · Talus willowherb · Selfing willowherb · Hill Willowherb · Purpleleaf willowherb

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epilobium oreganum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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