Epilobium collinum C. C. Gmel.

Taxonomy: Fam. Onagraceae// Genus: Epilobium// Species: Epilobium collinum C. C. Gmel.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Raven in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski (2001).

Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal.

Habitat: Generally found in moist habitats, in clearings and edges of forests, alongside streams from c. 800 m up to the subalpine belt.

Lifeform: Perennial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.

Epilobium collinum  – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epilobium collinum  – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epilobium collinum  – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epilobium collinum  – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epilobium collinum  – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epilobium collinum  – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epilobium collinum  – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epilobium collinum  – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epilobium collinum  – flower and fruits. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epilobium collinum  – fruit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epilobium collinum  – fruits. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epilobium collinum  – stems with cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epilobium collinum  – cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epilobium collinum  – cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epilobium collinum  – cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Epilobium collinum  – abaxial side of leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Epilobium collinum C.C.Gmel. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:611734-1 [Accessed 06.08.2021].

Epilobium L. Micevski, K. (2001). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 5. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1397 – 1411.

Epilobium L. Raven, P.H. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 308 – 311.

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