Epilobium pyrricholophum




Family Onagraceae
Tribe Epilobieae
Scientific name Epilobium pyrricholophum Franchet et Savatier
Synonyms Epilobium arcuatum H. Léveillé; Epilobium axillare Franchet ex Koidzumi; Epilobium chrysocoma H. Léveillé; Epilobium hakkodense H. Léveillé; Epilobium japonicum (Miquel) Haussknecht; Epilobium japonicum (Miquel) Haussknecht var. glandulosopubescens Haussknecht; Epilobium kiusianum Nakai; Epilobium makinoense H. Léveillé; Epilobium myokense Koidzumi; Epilobium nakaianum H. Léveillé; Epilobium oligodontum Haussknecht; Epilobium prostratum H. Léveillé, non Warburg; Epilobium pyrricholophum Franchet & Savatier forma japonicum (Miq.) Nakai; Epilobium pyrricholophum Franchet & Savatier forma kiusianum (Nakai) Nakai; Epilobium pyrricholophum Franchet & Savatier forma macrocarpum Nakai; Epilobium pyrricholophum Franchet & Savatier forma typicum Nakai; Epilobium pyrricholophum Franchet & Savatier var. anuoleucholophum H. Léveillé; Epilobium pyrricholophum Franchet & Savatier var. curvatopilosum H. Hara; Epilobium pyrricholophum Franchet & Savatier var. japonicum (Miquel) H. Hara; Epilobium quadrangulum H. Léveillé; Epilobium rouyanum H. Léveillé; Epilobium tetragonum L. var. japonicum Miquel
Common name (Japanese common name) aka-bana (アカバナ, 赤花 [meaning: red leaves flower])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido (west of Kanto region), Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number 2n=36
Description Plants electing 15-90cm tall. Leaves 2-6cm long, 0.5-3cm wide. Flowers pink 5-10mm, flowering in August to October. Perennial plants.
Reference Epilobium pyrricholophum Franchet & Savatier
Onagraceae
Oenothein medicaments (US Patent 6528490/2003)
Process of Epilobium species for treatment of hormone balance in warm blooded animals, and method of manufacturing (WIPO Patent WO/2008/030536)



October 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
September 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
September 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



October 2006
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
September 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
September 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



November 2006
at Ushiku Forest Park
November 2006
at Ushiku Forest Park