Onagraceae 



Epilobium 

 alpinum L. 



Willow- 

 herb. 



Slender, smooth or nearly so, 

 3-12 inches high. Leaves pale, 

 petioled, opposite or the upper 

 alternate, obtuse or obtusish at 

 the apex, J-f of an inch long. 



Flowers few, white, nearly erect, J of an 



inch or more broad; stigma nearly entire; 



capsules slender stalked, 1-2 inches long, 



seeds beaked. 



In damp and springy places at the higher 



altitudes throughout the region; flowering 



in July. 



Epilobium 

 anagallidi- 

 folium Lam. 

 Nodding 

 Willow- 

 herb. 



Low, usually tufted, 2-6 inches 

 high, slender, smooth or nearly 

 so; stems commonly hairy in 

 lines and nodding at the apex. 

 Leaves oblong or narrowly ovate, 

 entire or nearly so, obtuse at the 

 apex, narrowed at the base into a short 

 petiole J-i inch long. Flowers few, axillary, 

 clustered at the apex, pink-purple, nodding, 

 about 1 of an inch broad; stigma entire. 

 On damp stones and along alpine brooks 



