Epilobium alsinifolium is a species of willowherb known by the common name chickweed willowherb.[1] This small flowering plant can be found in European arctic regions and further south in mountainous regions with an Arctic climate, as well as in Greenland.[2] It is a perennial found in low clumps approximately 10 to 25 centimeters in height. It has wide, rounded basal leaves and narrower leaves further up the stem. It bears purple or pinkish trumpet-shaped flowers, 7 to 12 millimeters in diameter,[3] and the fruit is a capsule two or three centimeters long.
| Epilobium alsinifolium | |
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| Epilobium alsinifolium near Obervellach in southern Austria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Epilobium |
| Species: | E. alsinifolium
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| Binomial name | |
| Epilobium alsinifolium | |
References
edit- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ "Epilobium alsinifolium (Chickweed Willowherb)". Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
- ^ "West Highland Flora". plantidentification.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
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