Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium gracilipes Kirk |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 351 (1895) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves opposite, remote, petiolate, ovate, abaxially reddish, coriaceous, glabrous, subentire, flowers 5-6mm across, calyx lobes oblong |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |