Epilobium montanumL. Broad-leaved Willowherb

Epilobium montanumL. - Broad-leaved Willowherb

Scientific Description:

Erect perennial herbs with short subterranean or aerial stolons, in winter terminating in leafy rosettes; stems 20−55 cm, terete, glabrescent or sparsely puberulent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 2−6(−9) × 1−2.5(−3.5) cm, glabrescent, margins serrate to the broadly rounded base, sessile or with petiole to c. 2 mm. Inflorescence sparsely glandular-pubescent. Flowers pale pink; petals 7−9 mm; stigma 4-lobed. Capsule 4−8 cm; seeds narrowly obovoid, c. 1 mm, papillose.

 

Flowering time: July−August.

Habitat: Clearings in forests, by streams, 780−2300 m.

 

Reference:
Chamberlain DF & Raven PH (1972). Epilobium montanum L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 4: 188.

Public Description:

Epilobium montanum, known as “broad-leaved willowherb”, is distributed in Türkiye, Europe, Central and East Asia. It is a perennial herbaceous plant with pale pink flowers and reaching up to 55 cm in height. It blooms between July and August and is found in riversides of forests. The Broad-leaved Willowherb has been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea for treatment of disorders of the prostate, kidneys, and urinary tract.

 

References:

Anonymous (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilobium_montanum/, Accessed date: 02.03.2016.

Okur S (2012). Epilobium L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 627–629.