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Epilobium anagallidifolium Lam.  
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FamilyONAGRACEAE
Genus speciesEpilobium anagallidifolium Lam. 
BibliographyEncycl. 2: 376 (1786)
Native RangeSubarctic and Temperate Northern Hemisphere
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland
Descriptionstems glabrous, leaves elliptic, obtuse, 2-5cm, glabrous, the upper often alternate, raceme few flowered, petals ca. 3mm long, capsules narrow, long pedicellate, 5cm long
Size10-15cm
Colorpink
Bloomsummer, autumn
Caind
Typeperennial
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, sunny site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsEpilobium alpinum var. anagallidifolium (Lam.) Čelak.
Epilobium alpinum var. fontanum Wahlenb.
Epilobium anagallidifolium var. pseudoscaposum (Hausskn.) Hultén
Epilobium anagallidifolium f. scapoides E.S.Marshall
Epilobium anagallidifolium f. zapalowiczii Tacik
Epilobium athelespermum H.Lév.
Epilobium cernuum Pall. ex Hausskn.
Epilobium dielsii H.Lév.
Epilobium nakaharanum Nakai
Epilobium pseudoscaposum Hausskn.
Epilobium repens Hill
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden)
     11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland)
     12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, RUN North European Russia, UKR Ukraine)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan)
     33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey)
     36 China (CHX Xinjiang)
     38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, QUE Québec)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, NWH New Hampshire)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, UTA Utah)
     77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico)
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