Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium leptocarpum Hausskn. |
Bibliography | Monogr. Epilobium: 258 (1884) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to nw. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 0-2400m |
Description | leaves broadly petiolate, lanceolate or elliptic, 1-4cm, entire or denticulate, glabrous, inflorescence racemose, flowers erect, sepals narrowly lanceolate, petals 4-7mm |
Size | 8-30cm |
Color | white, fading rose |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Epilobium paddoense H.Lév. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 72 Eastern Canada (NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) |