Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium lactiflorum Hausskn. |
Synonyms | Epilobium canadense H.Lév. |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | arctic-alpine |
Description | leaves 20-55mm, narrowly ovate to narrowly lanceolate, ciliate, obtuse to acute, winged petiolate, inflorescence glandular, pendent or erect, petals 3-7mm long |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | milky white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
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 , Fřroyar , Iceland , Norway , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (West Siberia ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Montana , Oregon , Washington ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine , New Hampshire ) 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
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