| Family | ONAGRACEAE |
| Genus species | Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f. |
| Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 77 (1864) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | 1300-1850m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves dark green, opposite, carnose, broadly elliptic to orbiculate, rounded, broadly cuneate, entire, flowers solitary, axillary, pendent, petals pink striate |
| Size | 4-20cm |
| Color | white, pinkish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |