Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium behringianum Hausskn. |
Bibliography | Monogr. Epilobium: 277 (1884) |
Native Range | Russian Far East, Alaska to nw. Canada |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-500m |
Description | leaves coriaceous, petiolate, opposite, ovate to lanceolate, on apex denticulate, obtuse, glabrous, flowers in open raceme, sepals bright red, 5-7mm, petals 8-10mm |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | red-purple, pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Epilobium alpinum var. behringianum (Hausskn.) S.L.Welsh Epilobium alpinum var. sertulatum (Hausskn.) S.L.Welsh Epilobium bongardii Hausskn. Epilobium bongardii f. minus Hausskn. Epilobium bongardii f. umbrosum Hausskn. Epilobium hornemannii ssp. behringianum (Hausskn.) Hoch & P.H.Raven Epilobium sertulatum Hausskn. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KUR Kuril Is.) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |