Epilobium anagallidifolium
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Epilobium anagallidifolium is a species of willowherb
known by the common names pimpernel willowherb and alpine willowherb. This small flowering plant has a circumboreal
distribution and can be found in mountain ranges further south, where grows in alpine climate
s. It is a perennial found in low clumps rarely exceeding 20 centimeters in height. It has wide, rounded basal leaves and narrower leaves further up the stem, and its foliage is often hairy. It bears purple or pinkish trumpet-shaped flowers and the fruit is a capsule two or three centimeters long.
Epilobium
Epilobium is a genus in the family Onagraceae, containing about 160-200 species of flowering plants with a worldwide distribution. They are generally abundant in the subarctic, temperate and subantarctic regions, whereas in the subtropics and tropics they are restricted to the cool montane biomes,...
known by the common names pimpernel willowherb and alpine willowherb. This small flowering plant has a circumboreal
Circumboreal Region
The Circumboreal Region is a floristic region within the Holarctic Kingdom in Eurasia and North America, as delineated by such geobotanists as Josias Braun-Blanquet and Armen Takhtajan....
distribution and can be found in mountain ranges further south, where grows in alpine climate
Alpine climate
Alpine climate is the average weather for a region above the tree line. This climate is also referred to as mountain climate or highland climate....
s. It is a perennial found in low clumps rarely exceeding 20 centimeters in height. It has wide, rounded basal leaves and narrower leaves further up the stem, and its foliage is often hairy. It bears purple or pinkish trumpet-shaped flowers and the fruit is a capsule two or three centimeters long.