[Willowherbs and Spike-primroses: The Genus Epilobium East of the
Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]
Chaparral Willowherb, Small-flowered Willowherb
Epilobium minutum
Synonym: Epilobium minutum var. minutum
![Chaparral Willowherb, Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum (Synonym: Epilobium minutum var. minutum)](minutum/minutum1a.jpg)
Small-flowered willowherb as seen amongst talus along Canyon Creek in the Klickitat State Wildlife Area of south-central Washington..........April 23, 2009.
Characteristics:
Small-flowered willowherb is a small, freely branched annual
wildflower. Its leaves are primarily opposite. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate
in shape and short petioled, with a length from 10 to 25 mm. The flowers are
found in the axils of the terminal, alternate leaves. The four petals are white
to pink, 2 to 4 mm long. Individual petals are bilobed at the tip.
Habitat:
Small-flowered willowherb is found in gravelly or dry soils,
from sea level to well up in the mountains.
Range:
Small-flowered willowherb is found from British Columbia south
to California, and eastward to Montana.
![Chaparral Willowherb, Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum (Synonym: Epilobium minutum var. minutum)](minutum/minutum6a.jpg)
Small-flowered willowherb as seen on serpentine outcrops along the Canyon Mountain Trail #218, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness........June 21, 2011.
![Chaparral Willowherb, Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum (Synonym: Epilobium minutum var. minutum)](minutum/minutum9a.jpg)
Small-flowered willowherb as seen on serpentine outcrops along the Canyon Mountain Trail #218, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness........May 29, 2014.
![Stem leaves of Chaparral Willowherb, Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum (Synonym: Epilobium minutum var. minutum)](minutum/minutum1b.jpg)
Close-up of the stem leaves of small-flowered willowherb as seen amongst talus along Canyon Creek in the Klickitat State Wildlife Area of south-central Washington........April 23, 2009.
![Chaparral Willowherb, Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum (Synonym: Epilobium minutum var. minutum)](minutum/minutum8a.jpg)
Small-flowered willowherb as seen at a small borrow pit along Forest Service Road 35 about one-half mile uphill from the southern forest boundary, Table Mountain, Wenatchee National Forest...........June 4, 2013.
![Flower of Chaparral Willowherb, Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum (Synonym: Epilobium minutum var. minutum)](minutum/epilobiumminutum.jpg)
Epilobium minutum from the road
to Blue Sky, Hart Mt. National Antelope Refuge.........June 97.
Paul Slichter