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Epilobium latifolium L.  
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FamilyONAGRACEAE
Genus speciesEpilobium latifolium L. 
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 347 (1753)
Native Rangen. Europe to Temperate Asia. w. & n. North America
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland
Descriptionleaves opposite, lanceolate to ovate, 2-6cm, subsessile, glaucous, raceme 3-12-flowered, sepals purple, petals 15-25mm long, style shorter than anthers, glabrous
Size20-30cm
Colorpink, 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
SynonymsChamaenerion halimifolium Salisb.
Chamaenerion latifolium (L.) Sweet
Chamaenerion latifolium var. grandiflorum Rydb.
Chamaenerion latifolium var. megalobum Nieuwl.
Chamaenerion latifolium var. parviflora Hartz
Chamaenerion subdentatum Rydb.
Chamaenerium latifolium (L.) Helm
Chamerion latifolium (L.) Holub
Chamerion subdentatum (Rydb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Epilobium angustifolium var. latifolium (L.) Roth
Epilobium changaicum Grubov
Epilobium corymbosum Rottb.
Epilobium glaucum Nasarow
Epilobium grandiflorum Jacquem. ex Cambess.
Epilobium frigidum Retz.
Epilobium halleri Retz.
Epilobium humile Willd. ex Steven
Epilobium kamtschaticum Lepech.
Epilobium kesamitsui T.Yamaz.
Epilobium latifolium var. albiflorum (Nath.) A.E.Porsild
Epilobium latifolium var. album Hutchinson
Epilobium latifolium ssp. leucanthum Ulke
Epilobium latifolium f. leucanthum (Ulke) Fernald
Epilobium latifolium f. munzii Lepage
Epilobium latifolium var. tetrapetalum Pall. ex Pursh
Epilobium latifolium var. venustum Douglas ex G.Don
Epilobium pauciflorum Schrank
Epilobium rhexifolium Fisch. ex Hausskn.
Epilobium venustum Douglas ex Lehm.
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (ICE Iceland)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan)
     34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan)
     36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang)
     37 Mongolia
     38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, 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, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming)
     74 North-Central U.S.A. (SDA South Dakota)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah)
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