Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium luteum Pursh |
Bibliography | Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 259 (1813) |
Native Range | Aleutian Islands to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | alluvial gravel |
Altitude | 0-2200m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves mostly opposite, ovate-lanceolate, 3-8cm long, dentate, glabrous, flowers 2-10, axillary, style conspicuosly exserted |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | yellow |
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 luteum f. brevifolium Hausskn. Epilobium luteum f. longifolium Hausskn. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |