Epilobium lactiflorum (White-Flowered Willowherb, Milkflower Willowherb)

7/7/07 Soda Creek off Hwy. 108 (Sonora Pass Hwy.), 

Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

 7/7/07 Soda Creek off Hwy. 108 (Sonora Pass Hwy.), 

Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: White-Flowered Willowherb

SPECIES: Epilobium lactiflorum

FAMILY: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/7/2007

LOCATION: Soda Creek off Hwy. 108 (Sonora Pass Hwy.), Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

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Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Perennial herb 1.5--5 dm, generally clumped, ascending, minutely strigose in lines (especially distally); stolons short, leafy. 

Leaf: 20--55 mm, narrowly ovate to narrowly lanceolate (distal narrower), +- ciliate, low-dentate, obtuse to acute; petiole +- winged, 3--12 mm. 

Inflorescence: nodding to erect, strigose, glandular. 

Flower: hypanthium 1--2.2 mm; sepals 3--5.5 mm; petals 4--8.8 mm, generally white; stigma club-like. 

Fruit: 50--100 mm, scattered hairy; pedicel 20--45 mm. 

Seed: 1.1--1.6 mm, netted. 

Ecology: Damp meadows, streambanks, talus; 

Elevation: 1400--3350 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: KR, CaRH, SNH, n W&I; 

Distribution Outside California: to Alaska, Montana, New Mexico, also eastern North America, northern Eurasia. 

Flowering Time: Jun--Sep 

eFlora Treatment Author: Peter C. Hoch