Introduction of Epilobium Herb in Epilobium sect:(13).Epilobium platystigmatosum C.Robin.
✵The article gives records of the herb (13).Epilobium platystigmatosum C.Robin., 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 platystigmatosum C.Robin. is classified in the Epilobium genus, of the Onagraceae family, it is known as the wide-column willow herb. Its synonyms are Epilobium formosanum, Epilobium sohayakiense, Epilobium cephalostigma var. linearifolium., etc.
Epilobium platystigmatosum C. Robin. is a perennial herb, often clustered, root suckers grow out from the underground stems; Stems are cylindrical, often purplish red, it grows up to 70~90 cm high, multi-branched from bottom to top, and lateral branches sometimes re-branch 2~3 times, slender, villous and without ridgeline; Leaves are opposite, alternate in the upper part of the stem, narrowly lanceolate or nearly linear, 1~4.5 cm long, the apex is sharp or slightly blunt, base gradually narrowed or narrow cuneate (wedge-shaped), middle and upper part of the edge has obvious tooth protrusion, 4~5 pairs of lateral veins, gradually purple at the lower part, sparsely villous on veins and edges, and the rest part is glabrous; the petiole is 1~4 mm long.
The inflorescence is slightly bent when flowering; Capsular fruit is 2.3~5 cm long, brown, sparsely villous, or gradually glabrous; The stalk length is 0.8~2.2 cm; Seeds are oblong and obovoid, 0.8~0.9 mm long, with thick papillae; With a short rostrum (beak) at the top; The tassel is gray, 6~8 mm long and easy to fall off; Its flowering period is from August to October and fruiting from September to November.
Ecological environment: Epilobium platystigmatosum grows in wet rough places, grassy slopes, valleys, and streams, in the area at altitudes of 1,000~3,500 meters. The plant grows in the Yellow River area, the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, southwest of China, worldwide it also grows in some other areas.
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1.Introduction of Epilobium Herb in Epilobium sect:(13).Epilobium platystigmatosum C.Robin.
✵The article gives records of the herb (13).Epilobium platystigmatosum C.Robin., 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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