General: Annual herb from a taproot; stems erect, 20-100 (200) cm tall, glabrous and peeling below, appressed short stiff-hairy and generally glandular-hairy above.
Leaves: Alternate, generally deciduous early, linear to narrowly elliptic, 1-5 cm long, sharp-pointed, usually folded along midrib, more or less glabrous, often with bundles of smaller leaves in axils of leaves.
Flowers: Inflorescence terminal, open, panicle-like; hypanthium 1.5-8 (16) mm long; petals 2-15 mm long, white to rose-purple, notched at tip; sepals 2-8 mm long; stamens less than or equal to length of pistil; stigmas club-shaped or occasionally 4-lobed.
Fruits: Capsules, 1.5-3.5 cm long, glabrous or glandular; stalks 3-20 mm long; seeds 1.4-2.7 mm long, pimply, tuft of hair white, 7-8 mm long, readily detaching.
Dry shrublands, forest openings and disturbed areas in the lowland, steppe and lower montane zones; common in S BC, especially E of the Coast-Cascade Mountains; E to PQ and NB and S to CA.
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range. (Updated August, 2013)
BC Ministry of Environment:BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer,
the authoritative source for conservation information in British Columbia.
Synonyms and Alternate Names
Epilobium paniculatum Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray Epilobium paniculatum var. hammondii (Howell) M. Peck Epilobium paniculatum var. juncundum (A. Gray) Trel. Epilobium paniculatum var. laevicaule (Rydb.) Munz Epilobium paniculatum var. paniculatum Epilobium paniculatum var. subulatum (Hausskn.) Fernald Epilobium paniculatum var. tracyi (Rydb.) Munz
