• Family : Onagraceae
  (Evening-Primrose Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : OENOTHERA FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Onagraceae
• Synonym(s) : Chamaenerion halimifolium Salisb.; Chamaenerion latifolium (L.) Sweet; Chamaenerion latifolium var. grandiflorum Rydb.; Chamaenerion latifolium var. megalobum Nieuwl.; Chamaenerion latifolium var. parviflora Hartz; Chamaenerion subdentatum Rydb.; Chamerion latifolium (L.) Holub; Chamerion subdentatum (Rydb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Epilobium changaicum Grubov; Epilobium corymbosum Rottb.; Epilobium frigidum Retz.; Epilobium halleri Retz.; Epilobium humile Willd. ex Stev.; Epilobium kamtschaticum Lepech.; Epilobium kesamitsui T.Yamaz.; Epilobium latifolium var. albiflorum (Nath.) A.E.Porsild; Epilobium latifolium var. album Hutchison; Epilobium latifolium subsp. leucanthum Ulke; Epilobium latifolium f. leucanthum (Ulke) Fernald; Epilobium latifolium f. munzii Lepage; Epilobium latifolium var. tetrapetalum Pall. ex Pursh; Epilobium latifolium var. venustum Douglas ex G.Don; Epilobium pauciflorum Schrank; Epilobium rhexiiflorum Fisch. ex Hausskn.; Epilobium venustum Douglas ex Lehm.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Epilobium latifolium L.
• Common name : River Beauty, Broad-Leaf Willow-Herb, Dwarf Fireweed
• Habit : Perennial herb
• Habitat : Screes and damp place
• Comments / notes : The entire plant is used in Tibetan medicine, it is said to have a bitter taste and a cooling potency. Analgesic, antidote, anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, antirheumatic and febrifuge, it is used in the treatment of fevers and inflammations, plus also itching pimples.
• Key identification features : Head yellow, surrounded by leafy bracts longer than the heads
• Flower, Fruit : July-August
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers
• Native : Afghanistan, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, California, China, Chita, Colorado, East European Russia, Greenland, Iceland, India, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Mongolia, North European Russi, Pa
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : North Europe to Temperate Asia, West and North America
• Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 133; Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 30
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Epilobium latifolium. Downloaded on 3 December 2023.

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