panicled willowherb

Epilobium brachycarpum

Member of willowherbs (genus Epilobium)
evening primrose family (family Onagraceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
pale purple in flowering plants

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• 20–200 cm tall
• leaf 10–55 mm, linear to narrowly elliptic, generally folded along midrib, ± glabrous; petiole 0–4 mm
• panicle or raceme inflorescence
• hypanthium 1.5–8(16) mm
• petals 2–15(20) mm, white to rose-purple
• common
• see also the 5-petaled stiff velezia (Velezia rigida)

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Chris’s observations: 11 (6 are research grade)

Locations:

• Coal Creek OSP: 2
• Bear Creek Redwoods OSP
• Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge
• Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve
• El Corte de Madera OSP
• Joseph D. Grant CP
• Monte Bello OSP
• Murray Ranch SP
• Sam McDonald CP
• Sibley Volcanic RP

Months:

• Jul.: 2
• Aug.: 2
• Sep.: 4
• Oct.: 2
• Nov.: 1

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora