Introduction of Epilobium Herb in Epilobium sect:(8.1).Epilobium roseum Schreber subsp. subsessile (Boissier) Raven.
✵The article gives records of the herb (8.1).Epilobium roseum Schreber subsp. subsessile (Boissier) Raven, 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 roseum Schreber subsp. subsessile (Boissier) Raven is classified in the Epilobium genus, of the Onagraceae family, and it is commonly known as neuroses willow herb. It is a subspecies of Epilobium roseum Schreb. Its synonyms are Epilobium smyraeum, Epilobium almaatense, Epilobium nervosum, Epilobium smyrnaeum, Epilobium roseum var. subsessile, etc.
Epilobium roseum subsp. subsessile (Boissier) Raven is a perennial herb, with ground creeping shoots or short succulent root suckers growing from the base of the stem; leaves are subsessile, oblong-lanceolate, 3.6~6 cm long, 0.9~2.5 cm wide, the apex is obtuse, the base is broadly cuneate, the upper stem is narrowly ovate to lanceolate, the apex is sharp to tapering, the base is rounded or subcordate, margin with 23~45 denticles on each side, lateral veins 5-7 on each side, dorsally raised.
Inflorescence with leaf-like bracts, sparsely pubescent; no glandular hairs; capsular fruit is 3~6 cm long, pubescent; its flowering period is from June to August, fruiting from July to September.
Ecological environment: Epilobium roseum subsp. subsessile (Boissier) Raven grows on mountain slopes, streams, and wet places by a ditch, in areas at altitudes of 1,500~2,100 meters, in China, it grows in the Tianshan and Altai Mountains of Xinjiang, the plant also grows in Southeastern Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus Mountains, West Asia, and Central Asia.
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1.Introduction of Epilobium Herb in Epilobium sect:(8.1).Epilobium roseum Schreber subsp. subsessile (Boissier) Raven.
✵The article gives records of the herb (8.1).Epilobium roseum Schreber subsp. subsessile (Boissier) Raven, 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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