Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium lactiflorum Hausskn. |
Bibliography | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 29: 89 (1879) |
Native Range | n. Europe to Russian Far East, n. & c. Japan, Subarctic to Subalpine North America |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
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 | 10-45cm |
Color | milky white |
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. 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 |
Territory | 0 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) |