WorldFloraDB - Epilobium crassum

Characteristics

Stock woody; stems woody at base, creeping, rooting at nodes, stout, ±fleshy in apical region, 5-15 cm. long; branches densely lfy, ascending at tips, glab. Lvs opp., crowded, on broad petioles up to ± 15 mm. long. Lamina obovate-to spathulate-oblong, (20)-30-35-(40) × 9-14 mm., coriac., thick and fleshy, glab.; margins ± thickened, sub-entire to remotely, obscurely denticulate. Fls 8-10 mm. diam.; calyx about half length petals, lobes lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate; petals rose or white, ± 9 mm. long, bifid to ⅓ way to base. Capsules glab., rather stout, 35-50-(60) mm. long; peduncles rather stout, 40-60 mm. long, rigid. Seeds minutely papillose.

More

Robust, creeping, glabrous herb with stems to 10 cm long, occasionally branching and forming long, underground whitish rhizomes after flowering. Petioles winged. Lamina of lf oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, 1.2-4 × 0.5-1.4 cm. Floral tube 1.4-2.2 mm deep, glabrous. Petals white with pinkish veins, flushed pink after pollination, 5.1-7.5 × 2.7-5.2 mm. Capsule glabrous, 3.6-7.5 cm long; fruiting pedicel 3-8 cm long.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.05 - 0.1

Root system

creeping-root rhizome

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
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	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-12
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:611758-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000668979
COL ID	6G59P
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Epilobium antipodum Epilobium crassum

WorldFloraDB 2024

Epilobium crassum Hook.F.

Species