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Epilobium capense Buchinger ex Krauss

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial herb, 0.2-1.2 m high. Stems with strigulose pubescence, underground stems almost vertical with white, fleshy, rounded scales. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, serrate; rounded, obtuse or subcordate at base; petioles distinct, 1.0-2.5 mm long. Flowers erect or somewhat drooping in bud. Petals 4, rose-purple to white. Stigma white. Flowering time Dec.-Feb. Fruit a slender capsule, 30-90 mm long, loculicidal; pedicels 10-60 mm long. Seeds oblong-obovoid, papillose, up to 1.6 mm long, brown, coma up to 7 mm long.
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Perennial herb, 0.1-1.2 m high. Stems strigillose pubescent. Leaves petiolate; blade narrowly ovate, 20-50 x 0.4-2.5 mm, margins serrate with prominent forward-directed teeth; petioles up to 2.5 mm long. Flowers: stigma deeply 4-cleft; petals 6-16 x 3.0-10.5 mm, bright rose-purple, paler purplish, creamy or white; Nov.-Apr. Fruit 30-90 mm long, pedicel 10-60 mm long.
Perennial herb, 0.1-1.2 m high. Stems clothed with appressed pubescence. Leaves petiolate, usually rounded to obtuse at base. Stigma deeply 4-cleft. Flowers bright rose-purple, paler purplish, creamy or white.
Thinly hairy perennial to 1.2 m, rhizomes with fleshy scales. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, shortly petiolate, toothed. Flowers solitary in upper axils, pink to white, stigma deeply 4-cleft.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 1.2
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 3-8
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Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
Germination luminosity light
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Epilobium capense world distribution map, present in Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:611704-1
WFO ID wfo-0000668889
COL ID 6G4W4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Epilobium capense Epilobium biforme Epilobium bojeri Epilobium flavescens Epilobium jonanthum Epilobium obscurum
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