Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium fragile Sam. |
Bibliography | Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 17: 291 (1923) |
Native Range | Peru to n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 3300-5000m |
Description | glaucous, glabrous, leaves elliptic, 10-15mm, obtuse, shortly petiolate, denticulate, the basal opposite, upper alternate, flowers 3-6, erect, 7-8mm long, petals emarginate |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |