Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Alberta, Montana, Utah, and Arizona.
Habitat: Dry or gravelly soil, sea level to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Flowers: April-August
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Annual
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bees, flies
Finely appressed-puberulent annual, the stems freely-branched, 0.3-4.5 dm. tall.
Leaves mostly opposite, short-petiolate, the blades oblong-lanceolate, 1-2.5 cm. long.
Flowers on short pedicels in the axils of alternate leaves; calyx tube cup-shaped, 1 mm. long, 4-lobed; petals 4, white to rose, bi-lobed; stamens 8; stigma entire; ovary inferior, 4-celled.
Capsule 1.5-2.5 cm. long, linear, slightly curved; seeds with a tuft of pale yellow hairs at the tip.
Publication: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 207. 1833.
Epilobium minutum Lindl. var. foliosum Torr. & A. Gray
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Epilobium minutum in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Epilobium minutum checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Epilobium minutum information.
E-Flora BC: Epilobium minutum atlas page.
CalPhotos: Epilobium minutum photos.
USDA Plants: Epilobium minutum information.
