Epilobium pictum Petrie

Slender laxly branched herb up to ± 25 cm. tall; stems slender, decumbent at base; branchlets ascending or spreading, finely and densely pubescent. Lvs opp., sessile or nearly so, rather distant, floral lvs alt. Lamina narrow-ovate to ovate-or elliptic-oblong (10)-15-20 × (4)-5-7 mm., rather abruptly narrowed to base, pale to bright green, us. distinctly mottled grey, ± reddish below, membr., glab.; margins rather coarsely and sharply toothed. Fls ± 5 mm. diam.; calyx almost as long as petals, lobes ovate-lanceolate; petals pinkish or white, 3-4 mm. long. Capsules slender, densely pubescent to almost hoary, 20-40 mm. long; peduncles ± 3-4 mm. long. Seeds smooth.