| Family | ONAGRACEAE |
| Genus species | Epilobium hornemannii Rchb. |
| Bibliography | Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 2: 73 (1838) |
| Native Range | Subarctic Eurasia, Subarctic and Temperate North America |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| 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 | 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. nutans Hornem. Epilobium alsinifolium Blytt Epilobium alsineifolium var. hornemannii (Rchb.) Lange Epilobium cupreum Lange Epilobium foucaudianum H.Lév. Epilobium glaucinum Hausskn. Epilobium hornemannii f. albiflorum Moldenke Epilobium hornemannii f. album Moldenke Epilobium hornemannii var. foucaudianum (H.Lév.) H.Hara Epilobium lucens H.Lév. Epilobium nutans Hornem. Epilobium origanifolium Andersson Epilobium roseum Turcz. ex Ledeb. Epilobium steckerianum Fernald Epilobium uralense Rupr. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada |