Epilobium kingdonii P.H.Raven

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Onagraceae > Epilobium

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, loosely clumped or matted with fleshy soboles 2-6 cm below ground, caudex with scales. Stems 8-25 cm tall, simple or rarely branched, strigillose and scarcely glandular above, subglabrous below with 2 raised strigillose lines decurrent from margins of petioles. Leaves crowded, subsessile above, lower ones with petioles to 2 mm; cauline blade ovate, 0.8-2(-2.7) × 0.4-1(-1.6) cm, glabrous except for sparsely strigillose margin and midvein, base cuneate to obtuse, margin obscurely serrulate with 8-15 teeth per side, apex acute. Inflorescence slightly nodding in bud; flowers suberect. Sepals 4-5 mm. Petals rose-purple, 7-8 mm. Stigma capitate, entire. Capsules 3.5-5.5 cm, subglabrous; pedicels 0.4-1.2 cm. Seeds dark brown, 1.4-1.6 mm, finely papillose, with short chalazal collar; coma white, detaching easily. Fl. Aug-Sep, fr. Aug-Oct. Chromosome number unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.25
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

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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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Distribution

Epilobium kingdonii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:611967-1
WFO ID wfo-0000669269
COL ID 6FSXW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Epilobium kingdonii