Arne Strid "Mountain Flora of Greece"
Chamaenerion dodonaei Kost. is a synonym of Epilobium dodonaei Vill.
Chamaenerion dodonaei (Vill.) Schur ex Fuss is a synonym of Epilobium dodonaei Vill.
Cited by LINNAEUS from N Europe and probably based on Swedish material.
Syn.: Chamaenerion angustifolium (L.) SCOP., Fl. Cam. ed. 2: 271 (1772);
Chamerion angustifolium (L.) HOLUB in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 7(1): 86 (1972).
Stems 50-100(-200) cm, erect from a creeping rhizome, often forming extensive
stands. Overwintering by persistent rhizome parts. Leaves alternate, 5-20 x 1-3
cm, narrowly lanceolate, acute, entire, glabrous. Inflorescence a long, manyflowered
raceme; upper bracts gradually smaller; flower-buds deflexed. Flowers
slightly zygomorphic. Sepals very narrowly ovate to linear, apiculate, ± dark
pinkish-purple. Petals 10-13 mm, obovate, obtuse or shallowly emarginate,
purplish to reddish-pink or rarely white. Stamens in young flowers turned
upwards, later downwards; filaments 9-15 mm; anthers 2.5-4 mm. Style 10-20
mm, in young flowers when still unripe directed downwards, when ripe turned
upwards; stigma deeply 4-lobed. Fruiting pedicels 7-20 mm. Capsule 40-100 mm,
densely eglandular-hairy. Seeds 1.1-1.4 x 0.3-0.45 mm, with a dark neck c. 0.1
mm long, appearing smooth at low magnifications; chalazal hairs 8-12 mm.
Open woods and meadow slopes up to 2200 m, often on roadsides. Flowering
June to August.
A common species throughout the temperate and subarctic parts of North
America, Europe and Asia; rare and only on mountains in S Europe. Different
chromosome numbers have been reported, and a division into two subspecies has
been proposed on these grounds. Subspecies angustifolium should then have
2n = 18, ssp. circumvagum MOSQUIN 2n = 36 and 54. The morphological
distinctions seem rather doubtful and the Greek material has not been cytologically
examined. Therefore no subdivision is proposed here.
STEREA ELLAS: Dhirfis (RECHINGER 1961: 363), Giona SW Kaloskopi!,
Iti!; S PINDHOS: Karava (QUEZEL & CONTANDRIOPOULOS 1965b: 68); N
PINDHOS: Epano Arena!; NORTH CENTRAL: Vitsi!, Vourinos!, Olimbos!,
Voulgara!, Pieria!, Voras (Pefkoton!), Near Pisodherion (QUEZEL & CONTANDRIOPOULOS
1968:26); NORTHEAST: Cholomon (VOLIOTIS 1967:87), Belles!,
Pangeon!, Vrondous!, Falakron (AKEROYD & PRESTON in litt.), Rodhopi
(Elatia!), Vertiscos (PAVLIDES 1982: 137), Sithonia (PAVLIDES 1976: 81).
2. E. dodonaei VILL. , a species of C and S Europe, N Anatolia and W Iran, is like
no. 1 but lower, with linear leaves only 2-5 mm broad, the inflorescence with
fewer flowers and larger bracts. E. dodonaei occurs at low and moderate altitudes
in Sterea Ellas, S Pindhos, N Pindhos and North Central, sometimes ascending
along roads and tracks, rarely to c. 1900 m as on Gramos!
mountain flora of Greece p. 648