WorldFloraDB - Epilobium purpuratum

Characteristics

Stems rather stiff, stout, glab., purplish black; plant forming dense to rather open patches up to ± 15 cm. diam.; branchlets few. Lvs opp., crowded, on short petioles; lamina (5)-10-12 × (4)-5-7 mm., broad-oblong to suborbicular, sts ovate-oblong, thick, coriac., glab., often purplish below; margins minutely toothed or entire. Fls? Capsules 30-50 mm. long, stout, purplish black, glab.; peduncles stout, purplish, 25-50 mm. long; seeds papillose.

More

Sprawling herb. Stems 4-20 cm long, conspicuously purplish black, glabrous, or with rather sparse, minute, semi-erect hairs extending down from angle formed at point of fusion of petiole margins. Lamina of lf broadly elliptic to orbicular, 4-16 × 3-8 mm. Floral tube 1-1.2 mm deep, glabrous. Petals white with pink veins, flushed pink after pollination, 4.5-9 × 3-4 mm. Capsule purple, 1.2-4 cm long, glabrous; fruiting pedicel 1-6.5 cm long.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.05 - 0.2

Root system

-

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:612227-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000669666
COL ID	6G4MC
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Epilobium purpuratum

WorldFloraDB 2024

Epilobium purpuratum Hook.F.

Species