Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium macropus Hook. |
Bibliography | Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 9: t. 812 (1852) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Description | leaves ovate, 10-15mm long, entire or finely dentate, flowers 9-12mm across, in axils of upper leaves |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy 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 (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |