General:
Perennial herb spreading by basal shoots or wiry suckers from a stem-base or rhizome; stems ascending, 5-20 cm tall, tufted, finely stiff-hairy, especially above.

Leaves:
Elliptic to egg-shaped, 1.2-2.8 cm long, blunt to almost pointed at tips, glabrous or margins and midrib slightly hairy; unstalked or stalks 2-3 mm long.

Flowers:
Inflorescence an erect, glandular-hairy, terminal raceme; hypanthium 0.6-2 mm long; petals 3.5-6 mm long, pink to rose-purple, notched at tip; sepals 2.5-4.5 mm long, glabrous or somewhat glandular; styles 1.4-3.2 mm long; stigmas club-like.

Fruits:
Capsules club-shaped, 2-4 cm long, 2-3 mm wide, glabrous or slightly hairy; seeds 1.3-2.0 mm long, net-veined or pimply, tuft of hairs present but easily detached, 5-15 mm long; stalks 2-18 mm long.

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

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Epilobium alpinum var. albiflorum (Suksd.) C.L. Hitchc.
Epilobium alpinum var. clavatum (Trel.) C.L. Hitchc.
Epilobium clavatum var. clavatum
Epilobium clavatum var. glareosum (G.N. Jones) Munz