Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium saximontanum Hausskn. |
Bibliography | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 29: 119 (1979) |
Native Range | Canada to w. & c. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | alluvial gravel |
Altitude | 0-3700m |
Description | stems simple, leaves pale green, glabrous, 1-3cm, the lower ovate, entire, the upper ovate-lanceolate, denticulate, flowers in raceme, petals 3-5mm long, capsules glabrous, 4cm |
Size | 5-50cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly 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 adenocaulon ssp. rubescens (Rydb.) Hiitonen Epilobium drummondii Hausskn. Epilobium drummondii var. latiusculum Rydb. Epilobium latiusculum (Rydb.) Rydb. Epilobium ovatifolium Rydb. Epilobium palmeri Rydb. Epilobium rubescens Rydb. Epilobium scalare Fernald Epilobium stramineum Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |