| Family | ONAGRACEAE |
| Genus species | Epilobium hornemannii Rchb. |
| Synonyms | Epilobium glaucinum Hausskn. |
| Epilobium lucens H.Lév. | |
| Epilobium uralense Rupr. | |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | arctic-alpine |
| Description | leaves 3-5 pairs, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, mostly obtuse, 2-4cm long, flowers 3-6, petals 5-10mm long, capsules 4-5cm long, glabrescent |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | pink, purple |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Iceland , Norway , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (East European Russia , North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Sakhalin ) Eastern Asia (Japan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Greenland ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado ) Northeastern U.S.A. (New Hampshire , New York ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ONAGRACEAE
hornemannii behringianum (Hausskn.) Hoch & P.H.Raven, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64: 136 (1977)
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