General:
Perennial herb from compact, fleshy underground stolon; stems often clumped, 7-30 cm tall, densely short stiff-hairy, lacking lines of hairs, with fleshy winter buds at base.

Leaves:
Leathery, egg-shaped and blunt-tipped below, narrowly egg-shaped and pointed above, 1.5-3 cm long, 7-12 mm wide, sparsely short stiff-hairy, also densely hairy on midrib and margins; unstalked.

Flowers:
Inflorescence erect; petals 3.8-5 mm long, white and often red-tinged at tips; sepals 2-3.2 mm long, sparsely glandular-hairy, often purplish-red; anthers 0.4-0.6 mm long; ovaries 1-1.8 cm long, stiff-short- and glandular-hairy; styles 2-2.3 mm long; stigmas nearly globe-shaped.

Fruits:
Capsules, 3-4.5 cm long, 2-3 mm wide; seeds narrowly egg-shaped, 1.7-2.2 mm long, tuft of hairs white, 10-15 mm long, readily detaching.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

"Epilobium mirabile is a bicentral regional endemic of the Cascade and Olympic Mountains in northwest Washington and adjacent B.C, and with an eastern centre of populations in the Rocky Mountains in southern Alberta and northern Montana." (Bjork 2008). References Bjork, Curtis. 2008. Noteworthy plants from the Cascade Lee, British Columbia. Botanical Electronic News. No. 401 (November 26, 2008). Available: http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben401.html.