Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
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Epilobium melanocaulon Hook. (1848)
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Nomenclature
Hook.
Hook.
1848
ICN
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
species
Epilobium melanocaulon
Classification
Subordinates
Synonyms
Descriptions
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Stock hard, woody, emitting several to many erect stems up to 35 cm. long, simple or sparingly branched, almost black, pubescent on angles; branchlets slender, wiry; lines of pubescence 2-4. Lvs opp., floral alt., approximate, sessile or very shortly petioled. Lamina lanceolate to linear-oblong, often apiculate, (6)-10-12-(18) × ± 3-4 mm., coriac., glab., us. stained dark red; margins rather deeply, coarsely toothed. Fls ± 5 mm. diam.; calyx deeply cleft; lobes ± 4 mm., narrow-ovate, acute to acuminate; petals white to pink, ± 5 mm. long, bifid. Capsules glab., slender, purplish to almost black, 10-25 mm. long; peduncles ± 5 mm. long. Seeds papillose.
The common var., as described above, often occurring in extensive populations.
Stems and lvs grass-green; capsules pale except on angles.
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
n = 18
2n = 36
n = 18
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Crisp herb, branched at the base and sometimes also above, 10-30 cm tall, from a stout taproot. Stems usually purplish black, sometimes green, with dense strigillose hairs in lines. Lamina of lf narrow-elliptic to elliptic, 3-12-(20) × 1-4-(6) mm. Floral tube 0.2-0.6 mm deep, glabrous. Petals white, flushed pink after pollination, 5-6.5 × 2.3-3 mm. Capsules glabrous, 1.8-3.8 cm long; fruiting pedicel 0-0.9 cm long.
Taxonomic concepts
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook. var. melanocaulon
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook. var. melanocaulon
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Epilobium melanocaulon var. polyclonum (Hausskn.) Cheeseman
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Epilobium melanocaulon var. typica Cockayne & Allan
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Epilobium melanocaulon var. viride Cockayne & Allan
Epilobium melanocaulon var. viride Cockayne & Allan
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
Epilobium polyclonum Hausskn.
Epilobium melanocaulon Hook.
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c6081a7a-1709-4d8e-b268-b7aebe0279b1
scientific name
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1 January 2000
15 May 2008