Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Epilobium L. [571]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Willow herb

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Onagraceae

family_ja: アカバナ

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distribution_en:

description_en: Genus of about 200 species of annuals, biennials, herbaceous and semi-evergreen perennials (some of which are stoloniferous), and semi-evergreen subshrubs. They are widely distributed in temperate regions on waste and disturbed ground, stony slopes, river gravels, and subalpine screes and meadows. They are grown for their 4-petalled, pink or white flowers, produced singly or in leafy racemes from the leaf axils, usually over long periods from summer to autumn. The leaves are linear to broadly ovate. Wind-borne seeds and spreading rhizomes make many species invasive, but those described here are garden worthy. Grow in a rock garden or herbaceous border. E. glabellum is good as ground cover.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame as soon as ripe or in spring. Divide in autumn or spring. Take softwood cuttings from sideshoots in spring.

pests_en: Vulnerable to slugs and snails, rust, and powdery mildew.

description_ja:

comment: Temperate

comment_ja: アカバナ，ヤナギラン

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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