Epilobium pallidum
{{short description|Species of flowering plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae}}
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|genus = Epilobium
|species = pallidum
|authority = (Eastw.) Hoch & P.H.Raven
|synonyms = Boisduvalia macrantha
Boisduvalia pallida
}}
Epilobium pallidum is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name largeflower spike-primrose. It is native to western United States, where it grows in moist areas in northern California, Oregon, and Idaho. It is an annual herb producing a narrow, upright stem up to 60 centimeters long lined with narrow oval leaves each up to 5 centimeters in length. The inflorescence atop the stem bears several flowers and hairy, leaflike bracts. Each flower has four bilobed petals each up to about a centimeter long and bright pink in color. The fruit is a beaked capsule between 1 and 2 centimeters long containing a row of tiny seeds.
External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5263,5410,5440 Jepson Manual Treatment]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Epilobium+pallidum Photo gallery]
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