''Epilobium palustre'' is a species of
willowherb Willowherbs are annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the flowering plant family Onagraceae. Willowherb may refer to:
* A species of willowherb in the genus ''Epilobium''
* A species of willowherb in the genus ''Chamaenerion
''Chamaenerion'' ...
known by the common name marsh willowherb.
This plant has a
circumboreal distribution, and can be found farther south in mountainous areas.
Description
This is a hairy perennial growing spindly stems sometimes exceeding half a meter in height. Its stems have widely spaced oval to linear leaves two to seven centimeters long. The stems are tipped with hairy
inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...
s of small white or pink flowers. The stigma is club-shaped rather than 4-lobed. Each flower has four petals which may be quite minute to almost a centimeter long and notched to form two lobes. The fruit is a hairy capsule 3 to 9 centimeters long.
Distribution
Locally common in the
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, ...
.
[Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. and Warburg, E.F. 1968. ''Excursion Flora of the British Isles''. Cambridge University Press. ]
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
palustre
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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