| Epilobium septentrionale | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Epilobium |
| Species: | E. septentrionale |
| Binomial name | |
| Epilobium septentrionale (D.D.Keck) R.N.Bowman & Hoch |
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| Synonyms | |
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Zauschneria septentrionalis |
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Epilobium septentrionale, with the common names Humboldt County Fuchsia and Northern Willowherb, is a species of 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.
Epilobium septentrionale 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.
This species is endemic to northern California, where it is an uncommon resident of the rocky ledges of the coast ranges.