Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Onagraceae > Epilobium

Characteristics

Herb 7-45 cm tall, very sparsely branched from the base and sometimes also above. Stems with strigillose lines running down from margins of petioles, hairy all round above. Lamina of lf narrowly to broadly ovate, 1-3 × 1.2-2 cm. Floral tube 0.9-1.4 mm deep, glandular-hairy. Petals white, 7-11 × 5-8 mm. Capsule with glandular hairs, and sometimes with a few strigillose hairs, 3.9-5.2 cm long; fruiting pedicels 1.5-2.5 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.26 - 0.45
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Epilobium chlorifolium world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:611721-1
WFO ID wfo-0000668921
COL ID 6G57T
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Epilobium chlorifolium Epilobium perplexum Epilobium chlorifolium var. verum