Chamaenerion angustifolium subsp. angustifolium

Synonyms: Chamaenerion angustifolium var. spectabile Simmons C. spicatum (Lamarck) Gray Epilobium angustifolium var. albiflorum Dumortier E. angustifolium var. album G. Don E. angustifolium var. pygmaeum Jepson E. spicatum Lamarck E. spicatum var. leucanthum Wender
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Stems 20–130 cm, subglabrous. Leaves subsessile; cauline blades linear-lanceolate to narrowly lanceo­late, (3–) 7–14 (–18.5) × (0.3–) 0.7–1.3 (–2.5) cm, base rounded to cuneate, margins usually entire, rarely low-denticulate, surfaces and veins glabrous. Inflorescences subglabrous; bracts 5–20 mm. Flowers: sepals 6–15 × 1.5–2.5 mm, acute or acuminate; petals obovate to narrowly obovate, 9–15 (–19) × 3–9 (–11) mm, entire or scarcely emarginate; filaments 7–14 mm; anthers 2–2.5 mm; pollen 3-porate (rarely 4-porate), 60–75 µm diam.; ovaries 6–20 mm, style 8–14 mm. Capsules 4–8 cm; pedicels 0.5–2 cm. Seeds 0.9–1 × 0.3–0.4 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Moist, often disturbed, places in mountains or in lower areas, frequent especially after fires.
Elevation: 0–3800 m.

Distribution

Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Idaho, Minn., Mont., Pa., Utah, Wash., Wyo., Eurasia

Discussion

Plants with white corollas, only a minor variant, sometimes occur. Because of reduced competition in Arctic regions after fires, large populations of subsp. angustifolium may persist for many years.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broader" is not a number.

red +  and rose-purple +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
emarginate +  and entire +
glabrous +  and canescent +
attenuate +, acuminate +  and attenuate-acute +
Peter C. Hoch +
(Linnaeus) Scopoli +
14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br /> (18.5 cm185 mm <br />0.185 m <br />) +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
rounded +  and cuneate +
0.7cm;1.3cm +
Epilobium angustifolium +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (23 cm230 mm <br />0.23 m <br />) +
below-ground +
lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
lanceolate +  and linear or proximally oblong +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (3.4 cm34 mm <br />0.034 m <br />) +
reduced +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
oblong +  and oblanceoloid +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
spreading +  and erect +
appressed-canescent +
terete +  and quadrangular +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
low-denticulate +  and linear-lanceolate +
dingy +  and white +
persistent +
detached +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
ovate +, usually linear +  and lanceolate or elliptic +
subcoriaceous +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Idaho +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Pa. +, Utah +, Wash. +, Wyo. +  and Eurasia +
0–3800 m. +
deflexed +  and erect +
basifixed +  and versatile +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
erect +  and nodding +
protandrous +  and bisexual +
loculicidal +
spreading +  and erect +
terete +  and quadrangular +
slender +
Moist, often disturbed, places in mountains or in lower areas, frequent especially after fires. +
perennial +
suffrutescent +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
subopposite +  and arranged +
deciduous +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br /> (18.5 cm185 mm <br />0.185 m <br />) +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
rounded +  and cuneate +
0.7cm;1.3cm +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
numerous +  and 1 +
multicellular +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
emarginate +  and entire +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br />) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
white +, usually rose-purple +  and pale-pink +
9mm +  and 15mm +
18 +, 15 +, 11 +, 10 +  and 7 +
obovate +  and narrowly obovate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
bluish gray +
3(-5)-aperturate +
triangular-ovate +  and lanceolate +
coriaceous +  and submembranous +
Fl. Carniol. ed. +
basal +  and cauline +
clavate +  and globose +
gray-brown +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
18 +, 200 +  and 500 +
sculptured +  and smooth +
narrowly obovoid +  and oblong +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
purplish green +
deciduous +
4 +  and 2 +
acuminate +  and acute +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
parenchymatous +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
subequal +
2 times as many as sepals +
branched +  and unbranched +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
subglabrous +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (130 cm1,300 mm <br />1.3 m <br />) +
subsessile +  and petiolate +
intrapetiolar +
flushed pink +  and white +
erect +  and deflexed +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
dry-papillose +
Chamaenerion angustifolium var. spectabile +, C. spicatum +, Epilobium angustifolium var. albiflorum +, E. angustifolium var. album +, E. angustifolium var. pygmaeum +, E. spicatum +  and E. spicatum var. leucanthum +
Chamaenerion angustifolium subsp. angustifolium +
Chamaenerion angustifolium +
subspecies +
3(-5)-aperturate +