Pronunciation: eh-pil-OH-bee-um brak-ee-KAR-pum
Common name: Field willowherb, Annual fireweed
Family: Onagraceae (Evening primrose)
Habitat: Open, usually dry disturbed ground, grassy
areas and open woodlands, roadsides, many plant
communities to 7500', cismontane and montane,
highly variable
Blooming period: June to September
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Epilobium
2) brachycarpum