| Family | ONAGRACEAE |
| Genus species | Epilobium glabellum G.Forst |
| Bibliography | Fl. Ins. Austr.: 27 (1786) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | leaves narrowly ovate to elliptic-oblong, to 15mm long, bright shiny green, minutely dentate, sometimes reddish, flowers ca. 1cm across in terminal spike |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Epilobium erubescens Hausskn. Epilobium erubescens var. suberecta Kirk Epilobium metallicum Barbey ex Hausskn. Epilobium rubromarginatum Cockayne Epilobium vernicosum Cheeseman |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |