BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Epilobium obscurum Schreber (Short-fruited Willowherb)

Date:	28 July 2002
Location:	Berks, England
State:	Plant
Identification Notes:	Hairs mostly appressed, a very few spreading near apex of plant. A few glandular hairs on hypanthium. Anthers: some aborted and stamens deformed (maybe hybrid?) Capsules: ≤55mm long. Very bushy at base, but lead shoot damaged (so this doesn't suggest hybridity) Abundantly fertile, ripe seeds present. Leaves sparsely adpressed hairy. Stace: BCEGIL

Images etc

	Flower - two petals removed - magnified			323 by 500 pixels
	Flower - two petals removed - magnified			368 by 500 pixels
	Flower with two petals removed, petals - enlarged			219 by 500 pixels
	Flowers, bud, fruit tip - magnified			471 by 500 pixels
	Fruit - ripe - splitting to release seeds			342 by 500 pixels
	Fruit - ripe			275 by 500 pixels
	Fruit and stem			297 by 500 pixels
	Fruits - ripe - splitting to release seeds			448 by 500 pixels
	Fruits			155 by 500 pixels
	Fruits			208 by 500 pixels
	Hairs on hypanthium - magnified			317 by 500 pixels
	Inflorescence and ripening fruits			164 by 500 pixels
	Inflorescence and ripening fruits			328 by 500 pixels
	Inflorescence and ripening fruits			277 by 500 pixels
	Leaf upper, under and upper surfaces - magnified			500 by 260 pixels
	Leaves - upper, under, upper surfaces			379 by 500 pixels
	Petals - magnified			500 by 434 pixels
	Seeds - ripening in pod			131 by 500 pixels
	Seeds			500 by 337 pixels
	Stem and fruit base - magnified			208 by 500 pixels
	Stem at apex - magnified			343 by 500 pixels
	Stolon			500 by 247 pixels