Introduction of Epilobium Herb:Chamaenerion section.

Popular Herbs. ✵The article gives records of epilobium species in Chamaenerion section, its English name, Latin name, common names, property and flavor, botanical source of 4 plant species, (1).Epilobium angustifolium L., (2).Epilobium conspersum Hausskn., (3).Epilobium latifolium L., (4).Epilobium speciosum Decne., with a detailed introduction to the botanical features of these five plant species, the growth characteristics, and ecological environment of these five plant species, the features of the herb Epilobium Herb, its pharmacological actions, medicinal efficacy, and administration guide.

Chamaenerion section.

 flowering plants of Epilobium angustifolium with pink flowers grow in sunny field Introduction: Chamaenerion Sect: Chamaenerion Tausch is a section in the Epilobium genus of the Onagraceae family (evening primrose family), perennial herbs or subshrubs, upright, often clumps. Stems are terete. Leaves are spiral alternate, sparsely subopposite, or whorled. The flower is slightly bilaterally symmetrical, the lower pair of petals is slightly narrower than the upper one, and is perpendicular to the stem axis when blooming; the flower tube is absent; the petals are entire; Stamens are nearly equal in length, arranged in a whorl, pollen grains are blue to yellow, single pollen pollinates; style reflexes when flowering; stigma is deeply 4-lobed, somewhat higher than stamens, lobes open and unfold 2-3 days after flowering, and roll back when style becomes upright and withered.

 There are about 15 species of plants in the Sect. Chamaenerion Tausch, these species are widely distributed in the temperate and frigid regions of the Northern Hemisphere; there are about 4 species and 1 subspecies in China, widely distributed in the north of the Yangtze River Basin and the Himalayas. The species introduced are:(1).Epilobium angustifolium L., (2).Epilobium conspersum Hausskn., (3).Epilobium latifolium L., (4).Epilobium speciosum Decne.

 

No. Epilobium angustifolium L.No. Epilobium conspersum Hausskn.
(1). flowering plant of Epilobium angustifolium with pink flowers grow in field 
 
(2). Epilobium conspersum Hausskn. 
 
No. Epilobium latifolium L.No. Epilobium speciosum Decne.
(3). pink flowers of Epilobium latifolium 
 
(4). flowering plant of Epilobium speciosum Decne 
 


 
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