Glandular Northern Willowherb flower

Description:

Epilobium ciliatum var. glandulosum (syn. Epilobium glandulosum). These notched petals are very small, in the range of about 4 to 5 mm long. I had to coax the flower on this plant open as with another nearby plant as they just were not wanting to open by themselves. There are not many plants of this species left in this area.The flowers are light pink. The stigma is not lobed. There are glands on the outer sepals and pedicels, and, there are also scattered glands mid-way inside the floral tube and a few at the base of the flower along with a small tuft of hairs.July 28, 2012, Big Cottonwood East Park, Salt Lake County, Utah at 4,320 ft. elev.