Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium anagallidifolium Lam. |
Synonyms | Epilobium athelespermum H.Lév. |
Epilobium cernuum Pall. ex Hausskn. | |
Epilobium dielsii H.Lév. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | arctic-alpine |
Description | stems glabrous, leaves elliptic, obtuse, 2-5cm, glabrous, the upper often alternate, raceme few flowered, petals ca. 3mm long, capsules narrow, long pedicellate, 5cm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | ind |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Fřroyar , Great Britain , Iceland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Portugal , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Central European Russia , North European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Kuril Is. , Magadan ) Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Turkey ) China (Xinjiang ) Eastern Asia (Japan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Greenland , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine , New Hampshire ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ONAGRACEAE
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