Epilobium

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Epilobium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Epilobium (Greek, upon the pod, referring to the structure of the flower). Including Chamaenerion. Onagraceae. Border plants, with willow-like foliage, and large showy spikes of deep pink, rosy crimson or white or even yellow flowers borne from June to August. Herbs or sub-shrubs, sometimes annual, erect, sprawling or creeping: lvs. alternate or opposite, toothed or entire: fls. axillary or terminal, solitary or in spikes or racemes, rosy purple or flesh-colored, very rarely yellow; calyx-tube little, if at all, produced beyond the ovary; petals 4, obovate or obcordate, erect or spreading; stamens 8; ovary 4-celled; seeds comose; stigma often 4-lobed: caps, long and narrow, 4-sided and 4-valved.—Species about 200 or more, in many parts of the world, mostly in temperate regions. The taller species, like E. angustifolium and E. hirsutum, make very rank growth in moist places, and are therefore especially adapted for the wild garden or for naturalizing along the water's edge and in low meadows. The underground runners reach far, and the plants spread fast when not kept in bounds. Propagation is by division or seeds. E. abyssinicum album is offered abroad. as "pure white, pretty:" the name does not appear to have botanical standing.—E. latifolium. Linn. (Chamaenerion latifolium. Sweet). Erect, canescent, about 1½ ft.: lvs. lanceolate or ovate - lanceolate, tapering at both ends, thick: fls. purple, showy, sometimes 2 in. across. Newfoundland to Ore. and north. L. H. B. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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