Identification: Hobbit-Height Plant with Distinct Single Stem and Leave Structure and Small White Flowers

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  1. jason9v

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    Hello Everyone,

    Do you know what this plant is? It is roughly half the height of an average adult, has a nice distinct structure of a single stem, with long slender leaves coming out, sometimes in pairs, and sometimes not in pairs. It also has a cluster of small white flowers at the top.

    Location : Pacific Ranges
    Elevation : 1100 m
    Season : Late July

    Jason

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    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Chamaenerion angustifolium, which you'll find in most references as Epilobium angustifolium
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Seattleite Peter Zika authored the Onagraceae section of the 2018 (University of Washington Press) edition of Flora of the Pacific Northwest, where it says Chamaenerion means "like a small oleander".

    In the examples asked about here I see unopened flower buds rather than small white flowers. Although at least one quite lovely white variant has been present in local cultivation I have only seen the typical pinkish-purple to rose-purple flower color on all wild C. angustifolium encountered. And I have encountered a lot of them.
     
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