Species Epilobium tetragonum
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There aren’t any identifications of Epilobium tetragonum.
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Epilobium:
Gk. epi- = upon; lobion = diminutive of lobos = pod, capsule. The flower and capsule appear together, the flowers rest on the pod-like fruit, the corolla being borne on the end of the ovary.
Etymology of tetragonum:
From the Greek tetra = 'four' and gonum = 'knee', 'node' or 'joint'. May refer to nodes, joints or four-angled stems
Scientific name:
Epilobium tetragonum L.
Common names:
Square-Stalked Willowherb
Synonym of:
Unknown
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Protologue:
Sp. Pl. 1: 348 (1753)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1753
Glabrescent perennial to 1.8 m, producing leafy basal rosettes in autumn. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, sessile, finely toothed. Flowers solitary in the upper axils, pink, stigma club-shaped. Nov.--Jan. Damp places, SW, KM, LB, SE (European weed, Cape Peninsula to Mpumalanga).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Epilobium tetragonum.
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