Epilobium gracilipes Kirk

Stock woody; stems woody at base, slender, decumbent then ascending, us. several to many, branched, up to 15 cm. long, glab.; branchlets bifariously pubescent, us. reddish. Lvs opp., us. distant, floral often alt., on petioles up to 4 mm. long. Lamina ovate to broad-ovate, often reddish below, (6·5)-10-17 × (5)-7-12 mm.; coriac. to submembr., glab.; margins obscurely and remotely denticulate to almost entire. Fls 5-6 mm. diam.; calyx < petals, lobes oblong to oblong-lanceolate; petals white. Capsules 25-35-(50) mm. long, glab.; peduncles very slender 35-50 mm. or more long. Seeds minutely papillose.