Epilobium clavatum
{{Short description|Plant species in the willowherb family}}
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| image = Epilobium_clavatum_5575.JPG
| image_caption = Epilobium clavatum in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
| status = {{TNCStatus}}
| status_system = TNC
| status_ref = {{Cite NatureServe |date=2 May 2025 |id=2.1275062 |title=Epilobium clavatum |access-date=13 May 2025}}
| genus = Epilobium
| species = clavatum
| authority = Trel.
| synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=92466-2 |title=Epilobium clavatum Trel. |access-date=13 May 2025}}
| synonyms = {{Species list
| Epilobium alpinum var. clavatum | (Trel.) C.L.Hitchc.
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Epilobium clavatum is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common names talus willowherb{{PLANTS|id=EPCL|taxon=Epilobium clavatum|accessdate=18 March 2016}} and clavatefruit willowherb. It is native to western North America from Alaska to northern California to Colorado, where it grows in rocky high mountain habitat such as talus. It is a clumping perennial herb forming bristly mounds up to about 20 centimeters high and spreading outward via tough stolons. The oval-shaped leaves are 1 to 3 centimeters long. The inflorescence is an erect raceme of flowers, each with four small pink petals. The fruit is a capsule up to 4 centimeters long.
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- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5263,5410,5421 Jepson Manual Treatment]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Epilobium+clavatum Photo gallery]
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