Introduction of Epilobium Herb in Epilobium sect:(30).Epilobium fastigiatoramosum Nakai.
✵The article gives records of the herb (30).Epilobium fastigiatoramosum Nakai., its English name, Latin name, common names, property and flavor, its botanical source plant species, with a detailed introduction to the botanical features of this plant species, the growth characteristics, and ecological environment of this plant species.
Introduction: Epilobium sect is a section in the Epilobium genus of the Onagraceae family (evening primrose family), perennial herbs, upright, ascending, or prostrate. Stems are cylindrical or quadrangular. Leaves are opposite (occasionally whorled) at least below inflorescence and alternate sparsely spirally (E. sinense H. Lev.). Flowers are actinomorphic, parallel to the stem axis when blooming; flower tube exists; petal apex is concave to deeply 2-lobed; stamens vary in length in 2 whorls, pollen grains are yellow, pollinated by quadruple pollen; style is always upright; stigma is usually entire, clavate to capitate, as long as or higher than stamens, sometimes 4-lobed and higher than stamens.
Botanical description: Epilobium fastigiatoramosum Nakai is classified in the Epilobium genus, of the Onagraceae family, it is commonly known as Branchy willow herb. Its synonyms are Epilobium baicalense, Epilobium palustre var. typicum.
Epilobium fastigiatoramosum Nakai is a perennial herb, with leafy root suckers grow from stem base, sometimes with short slender stolons underground, stems grow up to 50~80 cm, much branched, pubescent; leaves are opposite, sessile, or very short stalk, narrowly elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 1~2~7 cm long, the apex is sharp, sometimes a little blunt, the base is cuneate or subrounded, nearly entire, with lateral veins 4-6 pairs, the upper and back surface have sparsely curly hairs on veins.
The inflorescence is upright, densely pubescent with glandular hairs; flowers are upright; pedicle is 0.4~1.3 cm long; Flower tube throat has sparsely a ring of whitish hairs or nearly glabrous; sepals are narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 2.5~3.3 mm long; Petals are white, obcordate or narrowly obovate, 3~4 mm long, apex concave; the ovary is 1.2~2.5 cm long, densely covered by pubescent and glandular hairs, style is glabrous, stigma is subcapitate, sometimes subclonal shaped, slightly protruding or surrounded by anthers.
Capsular fruit is 1.7~7 cm long, pubescent; peduncle is 0.9~2.1 cm long; seeds are narrowly obovate or narrowly oblanceolate, 0.9~1.3 mm long, with very thin papillae and short rostrum (beak) at the top; tassels are dirty white, 0.7~1.2 cm long, difficult to fall off; Its flowering period is from July to August, fruiting from August to September.
Ecological environment: Epilobium fastigiatoramosum Nakai grows in mountainous wetlands, especially alpine meadows, river valleys, beside streams and ditches, and ponds, in areas with a latitude of 400~3,300 meters. The plant grows in the north area, the Yellow River Basin, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and other regions of China. The plant also grows in Northeast Asia, Ussuri, and Northern Asia.
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1.Introduction of Epilobium Herb in Epilobium sect:(30).Epilobium fastigiatoramosum Nakai.
✵The article gives records of the herb (30).Epilobium fastigiatoramosum Nakai., its English name, Latin name, common names, property and flavor, its botanical source plant species, with a detailed introduction to the botanical features of this plant species, the growth characteristics, and ecological environment of this plant species.
Introduction: Epilobium sect is a section in the Epilobium genus of the Onagraceae family (evening primrose family), perennial herbs, upright, ascending, or prostrate. Stems are cylindrical or quadrangular. Leaves are opposite (occasionally whorled) at least below inflorescence and alternate sparsely spirally (E. sinense H. Lev.). Flowers are actinomorphic, parallel to the stem axis when blooming; flower tube exists; petal apex is concave to deeply 2-lobed; stamens vary in length in 2 whorls, pollen grains are yellow, pollinated by quadruple pollen; style is always upright; stigma is usually entire, clavate to capitate, as long as or higher than stamens, sometimes 4-lobed and higher than stamens.
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