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Dwarf Fireweed
Epilobium latifolium Linnaeus
64.6517, -16.9601
Field Notes
Description:
Epilobium latifolium; the arctic riverbeauty is a typical Icelandic species not growing on mainland Europe and the British isles. The fruits grow - as in all other willowherbs - under the flowers and are narrowly long shaped. The flowers fall from the fruits at the end of the flowering period leaving the fruits conspicously behind.
Habitat:
Typically it grows on gravelly riverbeds all over Iceland. It is a member of the Willowherb family (Onagraceae).
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 1, 2011
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