Epilobium septentrionale
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| Epilobium septentrionale (Keck) Bowman & Hoch |
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Zauschneria septentrionalis |
Epilobium septentrionale is a species of willowherb known by the common names Humboldt County fuschia and northern willowherb. Like the wildflower zauschneria, this plant was once treated as a member of genus Zauschneria but has more recently been placed with the willowherbs. This species is endemic to northern California, where it is an uncommon resident of the rocky ledges of the coast ranges. It is a squat, clumpy perennial growing in thin patches of soil between rocks and sending up a few erect stems. The leaves are oval and pointed, glandular, and covered in a coat of white fuzz. At the end of each erect branch is a glandular inflorescence bearing a bright red-orange tubular flower 2 or 3 centimeters long. A bunch of stamens and one long pistil protrude obviously from the mouth of the bloom, which is pollinated by nectar-feeding birds. The fruit is a hairy capsule about two centimeters long.
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