[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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Epilobium minutum from the road to Blue Sky, Hart Mt. National Antelope Refuge.........June 97.

Paul Slichter