Epilobium glaberrimum subsp. fastigiatum

Family: Onagraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Subspecies of tall willowherb is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, California Ranges, Sierra Nevada, and Warner Mountains in gravel bars, scree, roadsides, and moist rocky areas at elevations of 1,200 to 3,800 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces rose-purple to pink flowers 3.4 to 8 millimeters long with distinctive coloration. Growing with stems less than 35 centimeters tall, it appears generally simple and has a distinctive glaucous appearance. Its leaves are narrow, measuring 10 to 35 millimeters long, and range from lanceolate to narrowly ovate in shape. The elongated fruit develops 20 to 55 millimeters long with a slender pedicel supporting its delicate structure.

Habitat: Gravel bars, scree, roadsides, moist rocky areas

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 1200-3800 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRH, CaRH, SNH, Wrn

California counties: Mono, Alpine, Inyo, Fresno, Tehama, Tulare, Madera, Trinity, Siskiyou, Modoc, Riverside, Mariposa, El Dorado, Amador, Plumas, Shasta, Placer, Humboldt, Del Norte, Tuolumne

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.