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Epilobium arcticum Sam.  
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FamilyONAGRACEAE
Genus speciesEpilobium arcticum Sam. 
BibliographyBot. Not. 1922: 260 (1922)
Native RangeSubarctic
Primary BiomeSubarctic
Habitattundra
Altitude50-500m
Descriptionleaves in rosette, broadly ovate to spathulate, 1-2cm, stem leaves subsessile, obovate to linear, obtuse, glabrous, raceme few flowered, flowers pendent, petals 2-5mm
Size5-20cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsEpilobium davuricum var. arcticum (Sam.) Polunin
Epilobium davuricum ssp. arcticum (Sam.) P.H.Raven
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     72 Eastern Canada (QUE Québec)
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