Brook spike-primrose (Epilobium torreyi) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 9

Special Significance of the Species

The species is possibly a relict from the Hypsithermal Interval of warm, dry climate 4,000-6,000 years b.p. If not extirpated, the species could have been genetically significant as it is disjunct from the U.S. populations. The species is not known in cultivation but the seeds have been used as a food by some Aboriginal cultures in portions of the species’ range (Native American Ethnobotany, web site accessed Dec. 2004).

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