Onagraceae
Chaparral willowherb
Epilobium minutum
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Epilobium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Chaparral willowherb
Synonyms
- Crossostigma lindleyi Spach
- Epilobium adscendens var. canescens Suksd.
- Epilobium flexuosum Nutt. ex Hausskn.
- Epilobium lindleyi (Spach) Rydb.
- Epilobium minutum var. biolettii Greene
- Epilobium minutum var. canescens Suksd.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.