Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Raven in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski (2001).
Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, Northwest Africa, Europe to Turkey according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Wet habitats – near bodies of water.
Lifeform: Perennial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Flowering period: Summer – fall: JUL, AUG, SEP.
Epilobium obscurum – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Epilobium obscurum – upper part of plant – stem with flowers and fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Epilobium obscurum – stem with flowers and fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Epilobium obscurum – flower and fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Epilobium obscurum – flower and fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Epilobium obscurum – flower and fruit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Epilobium obscurum – flower, flower bud and fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Epilobium obscurum – flower and fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Epilobium obscurum – flower – ovary with indumentum of short appressed hairs and calyx with glandular hairs. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Epilobium obscurum – capsules and seeds. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Epilobium obscurum – upper cauline leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Epilobium obscurum – developing stem with lower leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Epilobium obscurum – lower prt of plant – stems with leaves and leafy stolons. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Epilobium L. Micevski, K. (2001). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 5. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1397 – 1411.
Epilobium L. Raven, P.H. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 308 – 311.
Osogovo nature 