Epilobium amurense Hausskn.

 
  • Family : ONAGRACEAE
    (Evening-Primrose Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : OENOTHERA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Onagraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Epilobium amurense subsp. laetum (Wall. ex Hausskn.) P.H.Raven; Epilobium foucaudianum H.Lév.; Epilobium gansuense H.Lév.; Epilobium laetum Wall. ex Hausskn.; Epilobium miyabei H.Lév.; Epilobium ovale Takeda; Epilobium shikotanense Takeda; Epilobium tenue Kom.; Epilobium yabei H.Lév.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Epilobium amurense Hausskn.
  • Common name : Amur Willow-Herb
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : Moist stream banks, wet areas along streams, roadside ditches, disturbed grassy slopes and moist areas in mountains; 600 - 4200 m. altitude
  • Flower, Fruit : May-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,North Sikkim (Mangan) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
  • Native : Amur, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Nepal, Primorye, Qinghai, Sakhalin, Taiwan, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Russian Far East to Himalaya
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 133
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 319
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Epilobium amurense. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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