Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium matthewsii Petrie |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 53: 369 (1921) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-900m |
Description | stems purple, leaves opposite, sessile, broadly elliptic to obovate, reddish, glabrous, subentire, flowers ca. 1cm across, in bud rose |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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 |
Synonyms | Epilobium arcuatum Petrie |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |