Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium smithii H.Lév. |
Bibliography | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 8 (1908) |
Native Range | w. Canada to Utah |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1500-3000m |
Description | leaves subsessile, lanceolate to subovate, 1-4cm, shallowly dentate, sparsely glandular-pubescent, flowers few, erect, sepals lanceolate, 3-5mm, petals obcordate, 5-7mm |
Size | 5-35cm |
Color | pink-purple |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Epilobium clavatum var. glareosum (G.N.Jones) Munz Epilobium glareosum G.N.Jones |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |