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Epilobium siskiyouense is a rare species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common names Siskiyou willowherb and Siskiyou fireweed (though it is not a true fireweed). The plant is endemic to the Klamath Mountains of far northern California and southern Oregon. It grows in mountain habitats, including alpine talus and subalpine coniferous forest, often on serpentine soils. The plant is endemic to the Klamath Mountains of far northern California and southern Oregon. It grows in mountain habitats, including alpine talus and subalpine coniferous forest, often on serpentine soils. Epilobium siskiyouense is a small, clumping subshrub growing scaly, often densely hairy and glandular from a woody caudex reaching up to about 25 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves are lance-shaped to oval and under 3 centimeters long. The glandular inflorescence bears bright to deep pink flowers with petals 1 or 2 centimeters long. The fruit is a hairy capsule reaching up to 4. 5 centimeters in length.
Perennial herb
4 - 10 in Tall
Pink
Containers
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 5 likely
Black-Banded Carpet
Antepirrhoe semiatrata
White-lined Sphinx
Hyles lineata
Clark's Day Sphinx Moth
Proserpinus clarkiae
Yellow-Banded Day Sphinx
Proserpinus flavofasciata