Epilobium glaberrimum Barbey
Glaucous Willowherb (glaucus willowherb; smooth willowherb)
Onagraceae (Evening Primrose family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Glaucous Willowherb (glaucus willowherb; smooth willowherb)
Onagraceae (Evening Primrose family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Epilobium glaberrimum ssp. fastigiatum
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from short, scaly stolon; stems 8-35 cm tall, usually simple, clumped, glabrous with white bloom.
Leaves:
Narrowly lanceolate to egg-shaped, 1-3.4 cm long, 7-18 mm wide, entire to finely toothed, glabrous with white bloom; more or less unstalked, clasping.
Flowers:
Inflorescence erect, terminal; hypanthium 0.7-2.3 mm long; petals 2.5-7 mm long, pink to rose-purple, sometimes white, notched at tip; sepals 1.6-4.0 mm long; anthers 0.5-1 mm long; ovaries 1-3.4 cm long, sparsely short stiff-hairy sometimes with glandular hairs; styles 2.2-3.6 mm long; stigmas club-shaped.
Fruits:
Capsules, 2-5.5 cm long, linear, usually curved, sometimes sparsely hairy; stalks 5-17 mm long; seeds 0.8-1.3 mm long, pimply in lengthwise rows.
USDA Species Characteristics
Flower Colour:
Purple
Blooming Period:
Mid Summer
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: White
Present over the Summer
Source: The USDA
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Epilobium glaberrimum
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
956 | 0 | 2010 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
8 | 0 | 75 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
176 | 20 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
5 | 3 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
95 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BAFA(2), BG(2), BWBS(3), CDF(1), CWH(24), ESSF(28), ICH(6), IDF(2), MH(1), MS(8), SBPS(1), SBS(14) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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