Dwarf Fireweed - Chamerion latifolium
Other Names:
Epilobium latifolium
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
SNR
C-value:
7
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Perennial from a branched caudex. Stems simple, 5–60 cm. Herbage glabrous to puberulent. Leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2–5 cm long, opposite below. Racemes short with 2 to 12 flowers and leaf-like bracts. Flowers rose; sepals 1–2 cm long; petals 12–25 mm long. Capsule 2–10 cm long; the coma 9–15 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Many authors now treat this species in the genus
Chamerion. Our plants are subspecies
latifolium.
Often calcareous gravel bars or less commonly on stony slopes; montane to alpine (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus flavifrons (Pyke et al. 2012).