''Epilobium nevadense'' is a rare and vulnerable species of
flowering plant in the willowherb family
Onagraceae. It is known from a few scattered populations in mountain ranges in Nevada, Utah, and northwestern Arizona. It grows on talus slopes composed of either volcanic or limestone origin from 5200–9000 feet in elevation.
The nearest known relative of Nevada willowherb is Snow Mountain willowherb (''
Epilobium nivium
''Epilobium nivium'', commonly known as the Snow Mountain willowherb, is a perennial subshrub endemic to the Coast Range Mountains of Northern California. It was originally described based upon a collection from Snow Mountain.
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''), which has a similar appearance and grows in similar habitats. These two species together form ''Epilobium'' sect. ''Cordylophorurn'' subsect. ''Petrolobium'' and have been shown to form infertile hybrids in cultivation.
[Raven, P. Generic and sectional delimitation in Onagraceae, tribe Epilobieae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 63, No. 2. (1976), pp. 326-340. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/23802]
References
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Plants described in 1929
nevadense