Epilobium anagallidifolium, July 26, 2022
E. angalladifolium, Linkins Lake Trail, 11,500’, July 19, 2022
E. angalladifolium in fruit, upper Lost Man, 12,300’, August 23, 2022
Common & scientific name
Alpine willowherb, Epilobium anagallidifolium
Family
Evening primrose, Onograceae
Location
Linkins Lake Trailhead, 11,500’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
Epilobiums are notoriously difficult to tell apart, as they often are found in the same areas (near water in the subalpine and alpine), but this ones flowers are always nodding, as seen in the photo, and its leaves don’t have teeth. Like all members of the Evening primrose family (and the Mustard family), it has four petals, here rosy.
A lovely, delicate plant almost always found streamside or in wet or mossy areas.
E. anagallidifolium, Discovery day use area, 10,400’, July 15, 2022