Epilobium minutum is a species of willowherb known by the common names Chaparral Willowherb and Desert Willowherb. It is also called “smallflower willowherb” on occasion, but that name – in particular the British English variant “Small-flowered Willowherb” – typically refers to Epilobium parviflorum.
This annual wildflower is native to western North America from British Columbia to [...]

They are mostly herbaceous plants, either annual or perennial; a few are subshrubs. The leaves are mostly opposite or whorled, alternate in a few species, simple, and ovate to lanceolate in shape. The flowers have four petals. These are usually smallish and pink in most species, but red, orange or yellow in a few, and [...]

Epilobium is a genus in the family Onagraceae, containing about 160-200 species of flowering plants with a worldwide distribution. They are generally abundant in the subarctic, temperate and subantarctic regions, whereas in the subtropics and tropics they are restricted to the cool montane biomes, such as the New Guinea Highlands where they are plentiful.
The taxonomy [...]