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|accepted_name=Epilobium mirabile
|accepted_authority=Trelease
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|place=11: 404. 1906
|year=1906
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|common_names=Olympic Mountain willowherb
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Onagraceae;Onagraceae subfam. Onagroideae;Epilobium;Epilobium sect. Epilobium;Epilobium mirabile
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Onagraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Onagraceae subfam. Onagroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Epilobium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Epilobium sect. Epilobium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Epilobium mirabile]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 10
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>with sessile, compact, fleshy turions that leave dark basal scales. <b>Stems</b> erect, loosely or not clumped, terete, 7–30 cm, usually simple, rarely branched, subglabrous with raised strigillose lines decurrent from margins of petioles, or densely strigillose and without raised lines. <b>Leaves</b> opposite proximal to inflorescence, alternate distally, petioles 1–3 mm proximally, subsessile distally; blade ovate to narrowly ovate, coriaceous, 1.5–3 × 0.7–1.2 cm, base rounded to cuneate, margins denticulate, 8–12 teeth per side, veins indistinct, 4–9 per side, apex obtuse proximally to acute distally, surfaces sparsely strigillose, mainly on margins and midrib; bracts not much reduced. <b>Inflorescences</b> erect racemes, rarely branched, densely strigillose. <b>Flowers</b> erect; buds 3–4 × 1.5–2.2 mm; pedicel 4–5 mm; floral tube 1.5–2 × 1.6–2.2 mm, sparsely glandular puberulent, sometimes mixed strigillose; sepals often purplish red, 2–3.2 ×1.5–2.4 mm; petals white, often red-tinged at apex, 3.8–5 × 2–3 mm, apical notch 0.4–0.8 mm; filaments cream, those of longer stamens 1.4–2.3 mm, those of shorter ones 0.8–1.4 mm; anthers 0.4–0.6 × 0.3–0.5 mm; ovary 10–18 mm, densely strigillose and glandular puberulent; style yellow or light pink, 2–2.3 mm, stigma broadly clavate, 0.8–1 × 0.6–0.7 mm, surrounded by longer anthers. <b>Capsules</b> 30–45 mm, relatively thick (2–3 mm), surfaces ± sparsely glandular puberulent and mixed strigillose; pedicel 5–16 mm. <b>Seeds</b> narrowly obovoid, 1.7–2.2 × 0.6–0.8 mm, chalazal collar inconspicuous, gray to light brown, surface low papillose or reticulate; coma readily detached, white, very full, 10–15 mm. <b>2n</b> = 36.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Subalpine scree slopes, gravelly tussock meadows.
|elevation=1500–2600 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Mont.;Wash.
|discussion=<p>Epilobium mirabile also has the CC chromosomal arrangement and is one of the least common species of Epilobium in North America; fewer than 20 collections are known, even though its range is quite large. Most collections are from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington or Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park in Alberta and adjacent Montana. However, one collection is known from Powell County in central Montana, and one from Manning Provincial Park in British Columbia. The species may be more widespread but under-collected due to its restricted habitat, mainly on subalpine south-facing scree slopes.</p><!--
--><p>Specimens of Epilobium mirabile from the northern Rocky Mountains (Alberta and Montana) have subglabrous stems with strong, raised, strigillose lines and seeds with low papillose surfaces, whereas specimens from the northern Cascades (British Columbia) and Olympic Mountains (Washington) have densely strigillose stems with no raised lines and seeds with reticulate surfaces. The plants otherwise have very similar and distinctive morphology and ecology.</p>
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name=Epilobium mirabile
|authority=Trelease
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Onagraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Subalpine scree slopes, gravelly tussock meadows.
|elevation=1500–2600 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Mont.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|publication year=1906
|special status=
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|subfamily=Onagraceae subfam. Onagroideae
|genus=Epilobium
|section=Epilobium sect. Epilobium
|species=Epilobium mirabile
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