Onagraceae

Epilobium alpestre (Jacq.) Krock.

Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Epilobium

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Epilobium alpestre (Epilobium alpestre) — FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (7)

Czech: Vrbovka alpská
Esperanto: Alpa epilobio
French: Épilobe des Alpes
German: Quirlblättriges Weidenröschen, Quirl-Weidenröschen
hsb: Alpska wjerbinka
Polish: Wierzbownica okółkowa
Slovenian: Predalpski vrbovec

Synonyms

Epilobium montanum var. alpestre Jacq.
Epilobium roseum DC.
Epilobium roseum subsp. trigonum (Schrank) Bonnier & Layens
Epilobium trigonum Schrank

Flowers

In flower: June to August (from 38 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Marcello Manara, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: $Mathe94$, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: $Mathe94$, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fabien Piednoir, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Attila Oláh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.