Onagraceae
Smallflower hairy willowherb
Epilobium parviflorum
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Epilobium
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- عشب صفصاف صغير مزهر
- Belarusian
- Скрыпень дробнакветкавы
- Catalan
- Épilobe à Petites Fleurs
- Chinese
- 小花柳叶菜, 小花柳葉菜, 水虾草, 水虾草根, 沼生柳叶菜, 小花柳兰, 小花柳蘭
- Czech
- Vrbovka malokvětá
- Dutch
- Viltige basterdwederik
- English
- Smallflower hairy willowherb, Hoary willowherb, Small-flowered willowherb
- Esperanto
- Malgrandflora epilobio
- Estonian
- Väikeseõiene pajulill
- Finnish
- Nukkahorsma
- French
- Épilobe à petites fleurs, Épilobe-mollet, Epilobe à petites fleurs, Encore épilobe-mollet
- German
- Kleinblütiges Weidenröschen, Épilobe à Petites Fleurs
- hsb
- Rěčna wjerbinka
- Hungarian
- Kisvirágú füzike
- Japanese
- ムクゲアカバナ
- Lithuanian
- Épilobe à Petites Fleurs
- Macedonian
- Ситноцветна врбовка, Ситноцветна врбовица
- Persian
- بید علفی پونهای
- Polish
- Wierzbownica drobnokwiatowa
- Portuguese
- Epilóbio-de-flor-miúda
- Romanian
- Răscoaje
- Russian
- Кипрей мелкоцветковый, Кипрей бедноцветковый, Кипрей малоцветковый, Кипрей редкоцветковый
- Slovak
- Vŕbovka malokvetá
- Slovenian
- Drobnocvetni vrbovec
- Spanish
- Adelfilla de flor pequeña
- Swedish
- Luddunört, Épilobe à Petites Fleurs
Synonyms
- Chamaenerion parviflorum Schreb.
- Chamaenerion pubescens (Roth) Moench
- Epilobium adnatum var. villosum Aidar.
- Epilobium caballeroi Pau
- Epilobium cordatum Biv.
- Epilobium hirsutum var. intermedium (Mérat) Ser. ex DC.
- Epilobium intermedium Mérat
- Epilobium menthoides Boiss. & Heldr.
- Epilobium molle Lam.
- Epilobium mollissimum Schur
- Epilobium neutrum Pall. ex Hausskn.
- Epilobium numidicum Batt.
- Epilobium palustre Willd.
- Epilobium parviflorum f. apricum E.S.Marshall
- Epilobium parviflorum f. brevifolium E.S.Marshall
- Epilobium parviflorum f. longifolium E.S.Marshall
- Epilobium parviflorum f. mollissimum (Welw. ex H.Lév.) Samp.
- Epilobium parviflorum f. trifoliatum E.S.Marshall
- Epilobium parviflorum f. umbrosum E.S.Marshall
- Epilobium parviflorum subvar. verticillatum Coss. & Germ.
- Epilobium parviflorum var. intermedium (Mérat) St.-Lag.
- Epilobium parviflorum var. intermedium Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Epilobium parviflorum var. lanuginosum Sennen
- Epilobium parviflorum var. lusitanicum Samp.
- Epilobium parviflorum var. maritimum Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Epilobium parviflorum var. menezesii H.Lév.
- Epilobium parviflorum var. menthoides (Boiss. & Heldr.) Boiss.
- Epilobium parviflorum var. mollissimum Welw. ex H.Lév.
- Epilobium parviflorum var. numidicum Batt.
- Epilobium parviflorum var. parvifolium Merino
- Epilobium parviflorum var. subglabrum W.D.J.Koch
- Epilobium parviflorum var. verticillatum (Coss. & Germ.) Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Epilobium parviflorum var. vestitum Benth. ex C.B.Clarke
- Epilobium pubescens Roth
- Epilobium rivulare Hegetschw.
- Epilobium tauschii Knaf ex Hausskn.
- Epilobium umbrosum Dumort.
- Epilobium uralense Hort.Petrop. ex Hausskn.
- Epilobium villosum Curtis
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 158 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Clive Freedman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: cigazze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:43, 11 October 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Olivier Pichard, 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.