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Epilobium latifolium


Epilobium latifolium
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Copyright: Nirmal Roberts (nirmalroberts) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 370 W: 75 N: 708] (2844)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-09
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S6500fd, Fujinon f=6.2-66.7(28-300)mm 1:2.8-4.9, Marumi 58mm UV Haze
Exposure: f/4, 1/300 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-09-22 0:55
Viewed: 458
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Epilobium latifolium.
Plant: 30cm. Perennial with usually several stems, erect or often spreading.
Leaves: Narrow-elliptic, hairy beneath.
Flower: 5cm across. Purple-pink, in leafy spike-like terminal cluster. Calyx-lobes broad-lanceolate long-pointed, purplish, free to base. Petals 4, rounded, short-stalked.
Distributed from Afghanistan to Central Nepal. (3600-4500m).
Young shoots - cooked. Used like asparagus. Young leaves - raw. A good source of vitamins A and C. Flower stalks - raw or cooked. Eaten when the flowers are in bud. The dried leaves are used as a tea substitute. The core of mature stems is eaten raw. Slightly sweet, tender and pleasant tasting.
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.
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Hello Nirmal

What a wonderful shot.Absolutely beautiful colours and sharpness.Well composed the flowers stand out against the green.
TFS
Anita

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  • mamcg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 101 W: 4 N: 29] (2085)
  • [2007-09-29 6:18]
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I like pink colour hence it need a smart tech to capture as many time it fools the meter and it attracts me too much cause it is EMOTIVE colour, TFS.

Hello Nirmal,
well detailed, well describing presentation of E. latifolium, the "Broad leafed Willowherb". These are very similar indeed to Epilobium angustifolium, the "Narrow leafed Willowherb", but even more to the smaller Epilobium fleischeri from the European Alps - growing there from 1500m to 2800m.
I enjoy being shown the Indian flora by you, and would also love to see the surrounding landscapes of your plants every now and then. "Valley of the Flowers" - a wonderful name like taken from a fairy tale - how does it look like? Thank you!
My best regards
Peter

P.S.: Thank you for visiting my Austrian Epilobium.

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