Broad-leaved willowherb
Epilobium montanum L. [Onagraceae]
Ezo-akabana (エゾアカバナ, 蝦夷赤花)
Lifeform: perennial forb
Distribution: temperate regions in Europe and Asia
Habitat: common in grasslands, waste grounds and roadsides in Hokkaido
Seed dispersal: wind
Chromosomal number: 2n = 36
Epilobium L. in Japan
E. angustifolium L. (ヤナギラン)
E. latifolium L. (ヒメヤナギラン)
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E. amurense Hausskn. (ケゴンアカバナ)
E. cephalostigma Hausskn. (イワアカバナ)
E. dielsii Lev. (アシボソアカバナ)
E. fastigiatoramosum Nakai (エダウチアカバナ)
E. fauriei Lev. (ヒメアカバナ)
E. formosanum Masam. (トダイアカバナ)
E. foucaudianum Lev. (ミヤマアカバナ)
E. glandulosum Lehm. var. asiaticum Hara (カラフトアカバナ)
E. hirsutum L. var. villosum Hausskn. (オオアカバナ)
E. montanum L. (エゾアカバナ)
E. palustre L. (ホソバアカバナ)
E. pyrricholophum Franch. et Savat. (アカバナ)
E. shiroumense Matsum. et Nakai (シロウマアカバナ)
Epilobium montanum in Hokkaido
[Left] a shoot. [Center] the top. [Right] close-up of a flower. [L/C] at an abondoned garden close to a roadside in the city of Sapporo on June 13 2011. [R] along a roadside at N20/W1, North Ward, Sapporo, on July 28 2011.