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Author Topic: Not sure this is an epilobium  (Read 622 times)

Philippe

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Not sure this is an epilobium
« on: August 11, 2011, 08:03:54 PM »
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I found this littlest creeping plant in my multiplication bed. First time I ever see it in the garden, and really no idea where it can come from. It could have come with some "outdoor" potted plants, but I think I would have already seen it before then, because I only rarely get potted plants from the outside.
It may be that the "source" is somewhere in the garden, in a place that I haven't yet discovered, silently preparing a future invasion  ???

I have taken away the first unripe seed capsule, just in case. But here are the pics.

The leaves are not more than 3 or 4 mm wide and long, also very little. Didn't see any flower till now, they must be insignifiant.
NE-France,Haut-Chitelet alpine garden,1200 m.asl
Rather cool/wet summer,reliable 4/5 months winter snow cover
Annual precip:200/250cm,3.5°C mean annual temp.

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Re: Not sure this is an epilobium
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2011, 10:03:02 PM »
It does look very like an epilobium Philippe, doesn't it. I see you have had some experience of their determination to invade so you don't need a warning, which I could well give you, as I suffer from 3 species in particular.
Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

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Re: Not sure this is an epilobium
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2011, 06:45:30 AM »
Thanks Lesley.
We all have our invaders, and we all don't need further ones ::) I don't especially like plants that appear alone at once and immediately set seed. Not a good sign, most of the time.
At the first sight I told myself it could be a new zealand plant, because of the caracteristic green-brown colour of the foliage ( like so many beautiful carex and grasses from there).
If there is no other better opinion about the thing in the next 2/3 days, it'll just have to say goodbye to the neighbours around!
NE-France,Haut-Chitelet alpine garden,1200 m.asl
Rather cool/wet summer,reliable 4/5 months winter snow cover
Annual precip:200/250cm,3.5°C mean annual temp.

 


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