Onagraceae FAMILY
Epilobium tetragonum
Epilobium tetragonum
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Epilobium tetragonum is an erect, herbaceous perennial plant forming a clump of erect, usually much-branched stems that can grow around 25 - 80cm tall[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurasia - Sweden to Portugal, east to West Siberia, Himalayas and Iran; N. Africa - Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia
HabitatDamp woodland clearings, hedgebanks, ditches and cultivated soil[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Spring bogs, flooded meadows, banks of streams[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].