Epilobium hirsutum

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Epilobium hirsutum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Epilobium
Species:
E. hirsutum
Binomial name
Epilobium hirsutum
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Chamaenerion grandiflorum (Weber) Moench
    • Chamaenerion hirsutum (L.) Scop.
    • Epilobium amplexicaule Lam.
    • Epilobium aquaticum Thuill.
    • Epilobium dubium Borbás
    • Epilobium foliosum Hochst.
    • Epilobium grandiflorum Weber
    • Epilobium himalense Royle
    • Epilobium incanum Pers.
    • Epilobium mirei Quézel
    • Epilobium nassirelinulci Stapf
    • Epilobium ramosum Huds.
    • Epilobium serratum Jacquem. ex C.B.Clarke
    • Epilobium tomentosum Vent.
    • Epilobium velutinum Nevski nom. illeg.
    • Epilobium villosum Thunb.

Epilobium hirsutum is a flowering plant belonging to the willowherb genus Epilobium in the family Onagraceae. It is commonly known as the great willowherb, great hairy willowherb or hairy willowherb.[2] Local names include codlins-and-cream, apple-pie and cherry-pie.

Close-up of the flowers

Description

It is a tall,

stigma is white and has four lobes. The sepals
are green.

Distribution

The native range of the species includes North Africa, most of Europe up to

marshland, ditches and the banks of rivers and streams. It flowers from June to September, with a peak in July and August. The flowers are visited by many types of insects, and can be characterized by a generalized pollination syndrome.[7] A number of insects feed on the leaves including the elephant hawkmoth
, Deilephila elpenor.

Ecology

Epilobium hirsutum inhabits damp and waste places, river-sides and ditches.[8]

Trichomes

The plant shows glandular

flavonoids, e.g. quercitrin and myricitrin.[9]

Epilobium hirsutum seed heads

References

  1. ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Non-native Freshwater Plants: Hairy Willow-Herb". Washington State Department of Ecology. 2006. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. ISBN 978-1408179505
    .
  4. Martin, W. Keble
    1965. The New Concise British Flora in Colour; with nomenclature edited and revised by Douglas H. Kent and foreword by The Duke of Edinburgh. London: Book Club Associates by arrangement with Ebury Press/ Michael Joseph (1982)
  5. ISBN 9780521707725
    .
  6. ^ "Rosendunört, Epilobium hirsutum" (in Swedish). Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. 1997. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  7. PMID 25754608
    .
  8. ISBN 0-85221-131-7
  9. S2CID 27328447
    .

External links

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  • Blamey, Marjorie & Grey-Wilson, Christopher (2003) Cassell's Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe, Cassell, London.
  • Press, J. R.; Sutton, D. A. & Tebbs, B. M. (1981) Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain, Reader's Digest, London.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al. (1968) Flora Europaea, Volume 2. Cambridge University Press.
    ISBN 0-521-06662-X
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