<botany>
<species> 
<genus>Epilobium</genus><name>fangii</name><article><authors>C. J. Chen, Hoch, and Raven</authors>Syst. 
Bot. Monogr. 34: 152. 1992</article> 
<Herbs><char>perennial</char><char>erect</char></Herbs> 
<Stems> <char>15--40 cm tall</char><char>strigillose with scattered glandular hairs</char><char>with 2 lines of hairs 
decurrent from margins of petiole</char></Stems> 
<Leaves> <char>opposite</char><char>apically alternate</char> 
<petiole> <char> 1--4(--6) mm</char></petiole> 
<leaf_blade> <char> elliptic to elliptic-oblong</char><char>1--4 X 0.5--1.5 cm</char> 
<char>leathery</char><char>subglabrous except for strigillose veins and margins</char><char>base 
cuneate to broadly cuneate</char><char>margin obscurely serrulate with 5--18 teeth on each side</char><char>apex 
subobtuse to sometimes acute</char></leaf_blade></Leaves> 
<Inflorescences> <char> erect</char> 
<bracts> <char> ca. 1/2 as long as ovaries</char></bracts> </Inflorescences> 
<Pedicel> <char> 3--7 mm</char></Pedicel> 
<Flowers> <char> erect</char> 
<floral_tube> <char> 0.6--1.1 mm</char></floral_tube> </Flowers> 
<Sepals> <char> oblonglanceolate</char><char>4--5 X 0.8--1.2 mm</char><char>keeled</char></Sepals> 
<Petals> <char> pink to rose-purple</char><char>narrowly obcordate</char><char>6--7.5 X 2.8--3.5 
mm</char><char>apical notch 1--1.5 mm</char></Petals> 
<Filaments> <char> of longer set 2.8--3.5 mm but those of shorter set 2.4--2.6 mm</char> 
<anthers> <char> 0.7--1 mm</char></anthers> </Filaments> 
<Ovary> <char> 1.5--3 cm</char><char>glandular</char></Ovary> 
<Style> <char> 3--4 mm</char><char>glabrous or sparsely hairy near base</char></Style> 
<Stigma> <char> capitate</char><char>0.8--1.1 mm</char></Stigma> 
<Capsule> <char> 3--7 cm</char><char>1--1.8 mm in diam</char></Capsule> 
<Seeds> <char> narrowly obovoid</char><char>1.1--1.4 X 0.3--0.5 mm</char><char>finely papillose</char> 
<coma> <char> 6--7 mm</char></coma> </Seeds> 
<flowering><char>May-Aug</char><char> fruiting Jun-Oct</char></flowering> 
<Chromosomes> <char> = 36@</char></Chromosomes> 
<endemic/> 
<habitat><char>Open places along stream banks</char> 
<char>at bases of rock walls or scree slopes</char><elevation>(1100--)1700--3500 m</elevation></habitat> 
<Distribution><char>Sichuan</char><char>Yunnan</char></Distribution> 
</species>
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