Epilobium palustre is a species of willowherb known by the common name marsh willowherb. This plant has a circumboreal distribution, and can be found further south in mountainous areas.
Description This is a hairy perennial growing spindly stems sometimes exceeding half a meter in height. Its stems have spaced oval to linear leaves two to seven centimeters long. The stems are tipped with hairy inflorescences of small white or pink flowers. The stigma is club-shaped rather than 4-lobed.Webb, D.A., Parnell, J. and Doogue, D. 1996. An Irish Flora. Dundalgan Press Ltd. Dundalk Each flower has four petals which may be quite minute to almost a centimeter long and notched to form two lobes. The fruit is a hairy capsule 3 to 9 centimeters long.
Plants from different habitats exhibit high morphological diversity.
Distribution Locally common in the British Isles.Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. and Warburg, E.F. 1968. Excursion Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press. Its distribution in Croatia is scattered, expected in all regions far enough from the coast but dependent on endangered wetland habitats.
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External links Jepson Manual Treatment Photo gallery