Epilobium montanum, SE: Bergdunört, DE: Berg-Weidenröschen,
NL: Bergbasterdwederik, UK: Broad-leaved Willowherb

Scientific name:		Epilobium montanum L.
Synonym name:		Epilobium hypericifolium Tausch.
Swedish name:		Bergdunört
German name:		Berg-Weidenröschen
Nederlandse naam:		Bergbasterdwederik
English name:		Broad-leaved Willowherb
Plant Family:		Onagraceae, Evening Primrose family, Dunörtsväxter

Life form:		Perennial
Stems:		round without raised lines, sparsely hairy; c 25-60 cm tall
Leaves:		Opposite, pointed ovoid, serrated
Flowers:		Hermaphrodite, pink, c 10-15 mm, stigma with 4 outspread lobes, four petals each deeply-notched.
Flowering Period:		June, July, August
Habitat:		Throughout the country, forest, thickets, farmland, settlements

Derivation of the botanical name: Epilobium from the Byzantine Greek word epi, ἐπί, "upon", lobos, λοβός, λόβος "lobe", "a pod or capsule," as the flower and capsule appear together, the corolla being borne on the end of the ovary. montanum, pertaining to the mountains. hypericifolium, with leaves like Hypericum. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. The standard author abbreviation Tausch. is used to indicate Ignaz Friedrich Tausch (1793 – 1848), a Bohemian botanist. Epilobium montanum is very interesting for Bombus hortorum (Small Garden Humble-bee; Garden bumblebee) and Megachilidae (Mason bees and Leafcutter bees). Seed dispersal by wind.