Epilobium montanum
| Epilobium montanum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Epilobium |
| Species: | E. montanum |
| Binomial name | |
| Epilobium montanum L. | |
Epilobium montanum or Broad-leaved Willowherb[1] is a species of willowherb.
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Description
This species grows to 60 cms high. The leaves are hairless and serrate and ovate-lanceolate. The flowers are mauve and about 8 mm across with a 4 lobed stigma in terminal racemes.[2][3]
Distribution
Common throughout area around Belfast in Northern Ireland and all of Ireland.[4][5]
Medicine
Epilobium montanum herb has been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea for treatment of disorders of the prostate, kidneys, and urinary tract.[6]
References
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007" (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ Webb, D.A., Parnell, J and Doogue, D. 1996. An Irish Flora. Dundalgan Press (W. Tempest) Ltd. Dundalk ISBN 0-85221-131-7
- ↑ Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. and Warburg, E,F. 1968. Excursion Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 04656 4
- ↑ Beesley, S. and Wilde, J. 1997. Urban Flora of Belfast. The Institute of Irish Studies. The Queen's University of Belfast. ISBN 0 85389 695 X
- ↑ Scannell, M.J.P. and Synott, D.M. 1972. Census Catalogue of the Flora of Ireland. Dublin Stationary Office.
- ↑ Vogl, S; Picker, P; Mihaly-Bison, J; Fakhrudin, N; Atanasov, A. G.; Heiss, E. H.; Wawrosch, C; Reznicek, G; Dirsch, V. M.; Saukel, J; Kopp, B (2013). "Ethnopharmacological in vitro studies on Austria's folk medicine--an unexplored lore in vitro anti-inflammatory activities of 71 Austrian traditional herbal drugs". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 149 (3): 750–71. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2013.06.007. PMC 3791396. PMID 23770053.