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Epilobium lactiflorum Hausskn.  
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FamilyONAGRACEAE
Genus speciesEpilobium lactiflorum Hausskn. 
BibliographyOesterr. Bot. Z. 29: 89 (1879)
Native Rangen. Europe to Russian Far East, n. & c. Japan, Subarctic to Subalpine North America
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland
Descriptionleaves 20-55mm, narrowly ovate to narrowly lanceolate, ciliate, obtuse to acute, winged petiolate, inflorescence glandular, pendent or erect, petals 3-7mm long
Size10-45cm
Colormilky white
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, sunny site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsEpilobium alpinum var. lactiflorum (Hausskn.) C.L.Hitchc.
Epilobium alpinum f. lactiflorum (Hausskn.) A.H.Moore
Epilobium canadense H.Lév.
Epilobium canadense var. albescens H.Lév.
Epilobium hornemannii var. lactiflorum (Hausskn.) D.Löve
Epilobium shiroumense Matsum. & Nakai
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (WSB West Siberia)
     38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, NWH New Hampshire, VER Vermont)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah)
     77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico)
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