Onagraceae FAMILY

Epilobium parviflorum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Epilobium parviflorum is a robust, herbaceous perennial plant with short-stalked leafy basal rosettes. It produces a clump of erect stems that are well-branched towards the top, and can grow around 18 - 100cm tall, occasionally reaching 160cm[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - from western Europe through central and southeastern Asia to China and Japan; N. Africa - Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia

HabitatStream banks, marshes, fens etc; at elevations up to 360 metres[ 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. ]. Usually in disturbed wet places near streams, bogs, and rivers, open waste slopes and meadows in mountains; at elevations from 500 - 1,800 metres, occasionally to 2,500 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].