Biology:Epilobium pallidum
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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae
Epilobium pallidum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Onagraceae |
Genus: | Epilobium |
Species: | E. pallidum
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Binomial name | |
Epilobium pallidum (Eastw.) Hoch & P.H.Raven
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Synonyms | |
Boisduvalia macrantha |
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
Wikidata ☰ Q5383008 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilobium pallidum.
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