Epilobium septentrionale
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Epilobium septentrionale, with the common names Humboldt County Fuchsia and Northern Willowherb, is a species of willowherb
. Like the wildflower zauschneria
, this plant was once treated as a member of genus Zauschneria but has more recently been placed with the willowherbs.
bearing a bright red-orange tubular flower 2 or 3 centimeters long. A bunch of stamen
s and one long pistil
protrude obviously from the mouth of the bloom, which is pollinated by nectar-feeding birds. The fruit is a hairy capsule about two centimeters long.
, where it is an uncommon resident of the rocky ledges of the coast ranges.
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,...
. Like the wildflower zauschneria
Zauschneria
Epilobium canum, known as Zauschneria, is a species of willowherb, native to dry slopes and in chaparral of western North America, especially California...
, this plant was once treated as a member of genus Zauschneria but has more recently been placed with the willowherbs.
Description
Epilobium septentrionale is a squat, clumpy perennial growing in thin patches of soil between rocks and sending up a few erect stems. The leaves are oval and pointed, glandular, and covered in a coat of white fuzz. At the end of each erect branch is a glandular inflorescenceInflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
bearing a bright red-orange tubular flower 2 or 3 centimeters long. A bunch of stamen
Stamen
The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...
s and one long pistil
Gynoecium
Gynoecium is most commonly used as a collective term for all carpels in a flower. A carpel is the ovule and seed producing reproductive organ in flowering plants. Carpels are derived from ovule-bearing leaves which evolved to form a closed structure containing the ovules...
protrude obviously from the mouth of the bloom, which is pollinated by nectar-feeding birds. The fruit is a hairy capsule about two centimeters long.
Distribution
This species is endemic to northern CaliforniaNorthern California
Northern California is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The San Francisco Bay Area , and Sacramento as well as its metropolitan area are the main population centers...
, where it is an uncommon resident of the rocky ledges of the coast ranges.