Calflora: Epilobium nivium

Epilobium nivium Brandegee

Snow Mountain willowherb, Snow Mtn. willowherb

Epilobium nivium, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is endemic (limited) to California alone.

It is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere). 7th Edition / 8th Edition

Communities:	Chaparral, Red Fir Forest
Elevation:	between 1470 and 1910 meters
Family:	ONAGRACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Epilobium found in California.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

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See a detailed Distribution of this plant in California.

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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Colusa: 6 / 4 CCH Glenn: 2 / 1 CCH Lake: 9 / 7 CCH Mendocino: 5 / 3 CCH Trinity: 1 / 0 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Epilobium nivium from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (EPNI)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
CNPS Inventory of rare and endangered plants
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database