Epilobium angustifolium L.

 
  • Family : ONAGRACEAE
    (Evening-Primrose Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : OENOTHERA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Onagraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Chamaenerion angustifolium (L.) Scop.; Chamaenerion angustifolium var. abbreviatum Lunell; Chamaenerion angustifolium var. album Yue Zhang & J.Y.Ma; Chamaenerion angustifolium var. karsianum Tzvelev; Chamaenerion angustifolium f. leiostylum Berlin; Chamaenerion angustifolium var. macranthum Malyschev; Chamaenerion angustifolium f. pubescens (Hausskn.) Kitag.; Chamaenerion angustifolium var. pubescens (Hausskn.) Tzvelev; Chamaenerion angustifolium var. spectabile Simmons; Chamaenerion denticulatum Schur; Chamaenerion spicatum (Lam.) Gray; Chamaenerion spicatum f. alba Cockerell; Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub; Epilobium angustifolium var. abbreviatum (Lunell) Munz; Epilobium angustifolium f. albiflorum E.L.Rand & Redfield; Epilobium angustifolium var. album G.Don; Epilobium angustifolium f. pubescens Hausskn.; Epilobium angustifolium f. spectabile (Simmons) Fernald; Epilobium antonianum Pers.; Epilobium brachycarpum Leight.; Epilobium difforme Gilib.; Epilobium elatum Munro ex Hausskn.; Epilobium gesneri Vill.; Epilobium gracile Brügger; Epilobium latifolium F.W.Schmidt; Epilobium latifolium Matt.; Epilobium leiostylon Peterm.; Epilobium macrocarpum Stephan; Epilobium montanum Hacq.; Epilobium neriifolium H.Lév.; Epilobium persicifolium Vill.; Epilobium rubrum Lucé; Epilobium salicifolium Stokes; Epilobium spicatum Lam.; Epilobium spicatum f. albiflorum Britton; Epilobium spicatum var. leucanthemum Wender.; Epilobium variabile Lucé; Epilobium verticillatum Ten.; Pyrogennema angustifolium (L.) Lunell; Pyrogennema angustifolium var. abbreviatum (Lunell) Lunell
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Epilobium angustifolium L.
  • Common name : Rosebay willowherb, Saint Anthony's Laurel, Great willowherb
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : Widespread in open, disturbed montane areas, 2800 - 4000 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Extremely variable species.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
  • Native : Greenland, Temperate Eurasia, Morocco
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Greenland, Temperate Eurasia, Morocco
  • 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: 316-317
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Epilobium angustifolium. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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