Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : epimo
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Onagraceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: broad-leaved willowherb
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Berg-Weidenröschen ; ES : epibolio de montaña ; FR : épilobe des montagnes ; IT : garofanino di montagna ; PT : ; EN : broad-leaved willowherb ; NL : bergbasterdwederik ; DK :
Biological type: Perennial
- Cotyledons ovate-rhomboidal, rounded at the tip, entire.
- Leaves ovate-oblong, minutely dentate, pubescent.
- Height: 20 to 80 cm.
- Stems shortly glandular-pubescent, without longitudinal lines.
- Leaves: lower opposite, upper alternate, ovate-lanceolate, dentate, rounded or cordate at base, with petiole 2-5 mm long.
- Flowers pink with 4 bifid petals, in loose racemes; stigma with 4 lobes.
- Fruit: linear capsule up to 5 cm long, much longer than peduncle; seeds with hairy appendage.
- Rare in cultivated fields.
- Not to be confused with: Epilobium ciliatum , Epilobium parviflorum , Epilobium roseum , Epilobium tetragonum subsp. tetragonum .
Biological type: perennial.
Mistake with: Epilobium ciliatum , Epilobium parviflorum , Epilobium roseum , Epilobium tetragonum
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Present
Rare
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