WorldFloraDB - Epilobium insulare

Characteristics

Stems slender, ± flaccid, up to ± 40 cm. long, sparingly branched, rooting at lower nodes, then ascending; branchlets ascending, very slender, pale, sparsely pubescent, becoming glab. Lvs opp., floral alt., ± distant, internodes up to 4 cm. long; petioles very short, up to 2 mm. long; lamina (5)-10-(20) × (5)-8-10 mm.; ovate to broad-ovate or ovate-oblong, thin, membr., glab. or nearly so; entire or obscurely sinuate with very few denticles. Fls ± 4-5 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, apiculate, < petals; petals white. Capsules 25-50 mm. long, slender, sparsely pubescent to glabrate; peduncles ± 6 cm. long, slender, glab. Seeds smooth.

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Loosely matted flaccid herb 3-40 cm tall, often much-branched, creeping and rooting near base. Stems strigillose all round at least in upper portions, also with glandular hairs in infl. Lamina of lf narrowly to very broadly ovate, 0.4-2.6 × 0.4-1.4 cm. Floral tube 0.9-1.2 mm deep, glandular and strigillose. Petals white, 3.3-6.2 × 1.6-3.5 mm. Capsule sparsely strigillose and with glandular hairs, 2.5-5.5 cm long; fruiting pedicel 0.5-6.5 cm long.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	-
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	0.03 - 0.4
Root system	creeping-root
Rooting depth (meter)	-
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer	-
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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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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:611946-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000669233
COL ID	6G4YF
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
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Synonyms

Epilobium insulare

WorldFloraDB 2024

Epilobium insulare Hausskn.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Onagraceae > Epilobium