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Epilobium

Dill. ex L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Myrtales Family: Onagraceae Genus: Epilobium

Description

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Growth Form: Annual or perennial herbs.

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Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite below, alternate above, sometimes entirely alternate. Subsessile to petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in the upper leaf axils. Flowers bisexual (perfect), 4-merous. Calyx of (2–)4–5(–7) sepals; sepals valvate. Petals rose purple, white, pink, or cream–colored. Stamens 8, in two series; anthers versatile, dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary inferior, as many cells and carpels as sepals; ovules anatropous; style 1; stigma clavate or capitate.

Fruit: Loculicidal capsules; many–seeded. Seeds small; with a coma or tuft of hairs that aids in dispersal; endosperm absent.

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Island Status

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 347 (1753)

Occurrences

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