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Internal ID UUID644019ed931dc810366140
Scientific name Epilobium obscurum
Authority Schreb.
First published in Spic. Fl. Lips. : 147, 155 (1771)

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It is a perennial herbaceous plant, growing up to 1 m tall. The leaves are lanceolate, up to 8 cm long, and the flowers are white, with four petals. The fruit is an elongated capsule, containing many small seeds.

Epilobium obscurum is a species of flowering plant in the Onagraceae family. It is native to Macaronesia, Northwestern Africa, Europe, and Turkey. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, growing up to 1 m tall. Its leaves are lanceolate and up to 8 cm long, and its flowers are white with four petals. It produces an elongated capsule containing many small seeds.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Chamaenerion obscurum Schreb. Spic. Fl. Lips. 147 (-148, 155 (index)). 1771 [9 Jul-25 Oct 1771]
Chamaenerion ramosissimum Moench Methodus (Moench) 678. 1794 [4 May 1794]
Epilobium ambiguum Fr. Summa Veg. Scand. : 177 (1845)
Epilobium chordorrhizum Fr. Summa Veg. Scand. : 177 (1845)
Epilobium decumbens Dumort. Fl. Belg. : 89 (1827)
Epilobium erectum Petrie Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 34: 390 (1902)
Epilobium fennicum Laest. ex Hausskn. Monogr. Epilobium : 120 (1884)
Epilobium foliosum Dörfl. Herb. Norm. Sched. Cent. [Dörfler] No. 4258 (1902).
Epilobium gemmascens Lange Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1865: 137 (1865)
Epilobium gemmiferum Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3: 184 (1874)
Epilobium junceum var. macrophyllum Hausskn. Monogr. Epilobium 290 1884
Epilobium madeirense Hausskn. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 29: 90 (1879)
Epilobium obscurum Rchb. Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 2: 89. 1824
Epilobium obscurum var. foliosum Ficinus
Epilobium purpurascens Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 189. 1782
Epilobium ramosissimum Hegetschw. Fl. Schweiz : 357 (1839)
Epilobium tetragonum Pollich Hist. Pl. Palat. 1: 377. 1776
Epilobium virgatum Lam. Encycl. 2: 375 (1786)
Epilobium junceum var. macrophyllum (Hausskn.) Cheeseman Man. New Zealand Fl. 175 1906
Epilobium junceum subsp. microphylla Hausskn. Monogr. Epilobium : 290 (1884)

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Language Common/alternative name
English dwarf willowherb
English short-fruited willowherb
Czech vrbovka tmavá
Welsh helyglys byrgodog
German dunkelgrünes weidenröschen
Estonian tume pajulill
Finnish tummahorsma
French Épilobe foncé
French epilobe vert foncé
French épilobe vert foncé
Upper Sorbian Ćěmna wjerbinka
Norwegian Bokmål mørkmjølke
Dutch donkergroene basterdwederik
Russian Кипрей неясный
Russian Кипрей тёмный
Swedish mörk dunört

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Canary Islands
      • Madeira
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Morocco
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • Queensland
      • Tasmania
    • New Zealand
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Michigan
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Washington
    • Western Canada
      • British Columbia
  • Southern America
    • Southern South America
      • Chile Central
      • Chile South

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000669496
Canadensys 29042
USDA Plants EPOB3
Tropicos 23200042
INPN 96220
Flora of Italy 3385
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:612128-1
The Plant List kew-2790799
Open Tree Of Life 881506
NCBI Taxonomy 426284
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000458402
Nature Serve 2.807781
IPNI 612128-1
iNaturalist 162366
GBIF 3189152
EPPO EPIOB
EOL 483214
Elurikkus 4568
Wikipedia Epilobium_obscurum
Plantarium 14606

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