Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium alsinifolium Vill. |
Bibliography | Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné: 45 (1779) |
Native Range | Europe, Greenland |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Description | stems glabrous, at base procumbent, leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, remotely dentate, glabrous, 4cm long, petals oblong-cuneate |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy 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 alatum Hegetschw. Epilobium alsinifolium ssp. parviflorum Gancev Epilobium anceps Fries Epilobium balansae Boiss. Epilobium brandzai Floriano Epilobium fontanum Chaix ex Hausskn. Epilobium nitidum Saut. Epilobium origanifolium Lam. Epilobium pauciflorum Dulac Epilobium riphaeum Tausch ex Hausskn. Epilobium roseum Kit. ex Hausskn. Epilobium sandorii Barla Epilobium schmidtii Floerk. ex Hausskn. Epilobium stefanescui Floriano |
Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland) |