Epilobium hirsutum is another tall member of the willow herb family with impressive bright pink flowers. The biological form of epilobium parviflorum is hemicryptophyte scapose, as its overwintering buds are situated just below the soil surface and the floral axis is more or less erect with a few leaves epilobium parviflorum reaches on average 3080 centimetres 1231 in in height. Download includes an excel spreadsheet of the attributes, and a pdf explaining the background and nomenclature. The plants database includes the following 3 subspecies of epilobium ciliatum.
Epilobium parviflorum reaches on average 3080 centimetres 1231 in in height. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 4. Epilobium hirsutum is a perennial growing to 2 m 6ft 7in. Perennial, densly longhairy white herb with subligneous stems sometimes persistent 0,22,5 m tall. Epilobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family onagraceae, containing about 197. Onagraceae, a medicinal plant known as hairy willow herb, has been used by people all around the world for treatment or prevention of inflammation, adenoma, rectal bleeding, menstrual disorders, constipates, and prostate.
Investigating contamination of phytotherapy products for benign prostatic hyperplasia with. Comparative ecophysiology of epilobium hirsutum and lythrum salicaria l iv. Epilobium hirsutum synonyms, epilobium hirsutum pronunciation, epilobium hirsutum translation, english dictionary definition of epilobium hirsutum. Plants with antioxidative potential from the flora of core. List of various diseases cured by epilobium parviflorum. This plant, sometimes known as rosebay, is the epilobium spicatum of lamarck. Cancer as an evolutionary process at the cell level studia. Fireweed is a superior plant for reducing inflammations.
It is commonly referred to as great hairy willowherb, but some of its colloquial names are worth mentioning. Micropropagation of epilobium canum garretti firechalice. Epilobium hirsutum alters xenobiotic metabolizing cyp1a1, cyp2e1, nqo1 and gpx activities, mrna and protein levels in rats. Epilobium hirsutum control and education table of contents. It contains polyphenolics including steroids, tannins. Polyphenolic metabolites of epilobium hirsutum sciencedirect. The genus is divided into seven sections, all present in north america but only one, epilobium sect. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.
It is commonly known as the great willowherb, great hairy willowherb or hairy willowherb. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. Weeds of north america by richard dickinson and france royer describes one weedy species of willowherb that was introduced to north america from europe e. Epilobium hirsutum online atlas of the british and irish flora. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
Stem usually branched, round, with straight and glandular. Department of ecologys integrated pest management profile of hairy willowherb wsda report on testing control methods of hairy willowherb epilobium hirstum. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. A total of 79 synonyms of this species are listed on the plant list 20. Online virtual flora of wisconsin epilobium hirsutum.
Great hairy willow herb can often be found growing in the same invasive areas as another common invasive, lythrum salicaria. Hairy willowherb, epilobium hirsutum flowers naturegate. Note that the pdf version is the booklet as published, whereas the. List of references supporting the assessment of epilobium.
The main distribution of this noxious weed in island county is around crockett lake near the. Pdf effects of folk medicinal plant epilobium hirsutum l. Epilobium hirsutum online atlas of the british and irish. The native range of the species includes north africa, most of europe up to southern sweden, and parts of. Posts about epilobium hirsutum written by awkwardbotany. Now locally common in marshes, swamps, wet fields and thickets. Foodplant saprobe sunken apothecium of stictis stellata is saprobic on dead stem woody of epilobium hirsutum remarks. Among other compounds they contain several flavonoids, e. Onagraceae we obtained a dry standardized and concentrated extract 3. Subterraneous runners white, thick, up to 20 cm 8 in.
Epilobium hirsutum plant of europe and asia having purplishred flowers and hairy stems and leaves. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the. Epilobium, genus of about 200 plants, in the evening primrose family onagraceae, native to most temperate regions. Oenothein b, a cyclic dimeric ellagitannin isolated from epilobium angustifolium, enhances ifn. Epilobium parviflorum in the germplasm resources information network grin, u.
The genus epilobium contains around 165 species found in temperate zones, the majority from west north america and also on arctic and tropical mountains mabberley, 1997. Epilobium parviflorum herb uses, benefits, cures, side. The leaves are scattered, lanceolate, sessile, smooth. Therapeutic potential of polyphenols from epilobium angustifolium fireweed. Epilobium synonyms, epilobium pronunciation, epilobium translation, english dictionary definition of epilobium. The young parts of some species can be cooked and eaten as potherbs. Epilobium hirsutum great hairy willowherb in hatfield broad oak essex england 2. Morphology and glandular activity of unicellular trichomes.
How epilobium parviflorum is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. The stem is erect and densely covered with hairs, especially in the lower part. Epilobium hirsutum definition of epilobium hirsutum by. Evaluation of the constitutive polyphenolics of the whole plant extract of epilobium hirsutum was carried out by reversephase hplc. Pdf phenolic compounds in five epilobium species collected. A taxonomic genus within the family onagraceae principally willowherbs.
Epilobium hirsutum wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Onagraceae is used widely as traditional medicine for its various medicinal values. Plants profile for epilobium hirsutum codlins and cream. Epilobium hirsutum is a perennial, typically found in unshaded, moist soils as in wetlands, ditches, lowlying areas, and along streams shamsi and whitehead 1974, state of washington 2012. Epilobium grandiflorum weber epilobium himalense royle epilobium hirsutum f. A eurasian species, well established from new england to the great lakes region. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Epilobium hirsutum is a flowering plant belonging to the willowherb genus epilobium in the family onagraceae.
Effect of nutrient and moisture on the growth and reproduction of. Plants profile for epilobium ciliatum fringed willowherb. The unusual glandular trichomes of willowherbs epilobium hirsutum l. Pdf epilobium species have been traditionally used as medicinal plants to treat benign. Pdf pharmacognostic evaluation of epilobium hirsutum linn. The leaves are opposite, unstalked but not amplexicaul, lanceolate and toothed, rounded at the base, 410 centimetres 1. Rational screenings of the plant kingdom for the discovery of new medications are. It grows in woodland edges and waste places, and often in large clumps beside streams and rivers. Elterman ds, lawrentschuk n, guns e, hersey k, adomat h, wood ca, fleshner n. Tracheophyta magnoliopsida onagraceae epilobium epilobium hirsutum. It is prohibited to transport, buy, sell, offer for sale, or distribute plants or plant parts of quarantined species into or. It is a tall, bushy and branching plant, softly hairy, with clusters of.
Hairy willowherb epilobium hirsutum identification. Local names include codlinsandcream, applepie and cherrypie. Epilobium definition of epilobium by the free dictionary. Epilobium palustre, marsh epilobium, wickop, or swamp willow herb, is said to be a valuable article in colic and in irritable conditions of the intestines. Wildscreen s arkive project was launched in 2003 and grew to become the worlds biggest encyclopaedia of life on earth. See our written findings for more information about hairy willowherb epilobium hirsutum. Coupeville ferry but is also found in wet roadside ditches and. Water free fulltext biomonitoring of epilobium hirsutum l. Although very tall, this epilobium species tends to be less conspicuous than its. For the treatment of wastewater containing organic pollutants and metals in constructed wetlands cws. It will bear opposite lobed green leaves and racemes of purplepink flowers in mid summer. List of references supporting the assessment of epilobium angustifolium l. This page was last edited on 18 february 2018, at 19. Epilobium palustremarsh epilobium, wickop, swamp willow herb.
They have a cutinized cell wall, a prominent and heavily cutinized wall thickening at the base, and a protruding pore on the top. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by bees, hoverflies. And its ingredient ellagic acid on rat liver bile acid synthesizing cyps in rats. This semiaquatic, softlyhairy perennial herb that ranges in height from 36 tall, is found in a wide range of moist soils. Africa, asia and europe is this weed toxic not known to be. This plant is also on the washington state quarantine list. Onagraceae, a medicinal plant known as hairy willow herb, has been used by people all around the world for treatment or prevention of inflammation, adenoma, rectal bleeding, menstrual disorders.
It was first collected in michigan in 1943 in kalamazoo co. Names of epilobium parviflorum in various languages of the world are also given. Epilobium, in china, where the species occur in most temperate to montane habitats except extreme deserts or warm, subtropical forests. Aug 23, 2017 weeds of north america by richard dickinson and france royer describes one weedy species of willowherb that was introduced to north america from europe e. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Hairy willowherb epilobium hirsutum weed alert wsu extension. Epilobium hirsutum definition of epilobium hirsutum by the. It is a tall, perennial plant, reaching up to 2 metres in height.
Foodplant open feeder nocturnal larva of tenthredo colon grazes on leaf of epilobium hirsutum. This file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Epilobium large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western. This is a tall upright hairy perennial from britain. The european medicines agency acknowledges that copies of the underlying works used to produce this monograph were provided for research only with exclusion of any commercial purpose. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in epilobium parviflorum. Effects of folk medicinal plant epilobium hirsutum l. Hairy willowherb epilobium hirsutum distribution 2018 no known infestations present but extent unknown eradicated no data or insufficient data no warranty is made by wsda as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of this data for individual or aggregate use with other data. Micropropagation of epilobium canum garretti firechalice by. They are unicellular, without a specialized basal cell at the layer of the epidermis. Great willowherb is sometimes referred to as the great hairy willowherb.
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