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Synonyms: |
Epilobium hirsutum L. var. villosissimum Koch |
Common names: | Codlins-and-cream (English) Greater willowherb (English) |
Frequency: | Local |
Status: | Probably introduced |
Description: |
Tall, robust perennial herb, producing white underground stolons. Stem erect, up to 2.5 m tall, branching above, ± densely glandular-pubescent and with numerous spreading hairs. Leaves 6-12 × 1.5-2.5 cm, mostly opposite, alternate above, oblong-lanceolate, sessile, semi-amplexicaul and slightly decurrent; margin with incurved teeth. Flowers 15-23 mm in diameter, borne in apical corymbose racemes. Sepals hooded. Petals 6-16 mm long, deep purplish-rose. Stigma 4-lobed, exceeding the stamens. Capsule 3-8 cm, densely villous. Coma 5-7 mm long. |
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Derivation of specific name: | hirsutum: covered with long, moderately stiff and not interwoven hairs; hirsute |
Habitat: | By streams and in marshes. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Native to Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia; also in eastern and southern Africa where it may be introduced; introduced to North America. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Friday 27 February 2015 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 220. Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M. (1989). Flora of the British Isles. 3rd edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Page 262. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 65. Raven, P.H. (1978). Onagraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 343. |
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