| Family | ONAGRACEAE |
| Genus species | Epilobium forbesii Allan |
| Bibliography | Fl. N. Zeal. 1: 970 (1961) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 1300-1800m |
| Description | leaves subsessile, crowded, opposite, obovate, obtuse, on base attenuate, serrate, flowers solitary, erect, corolla tube densely glandular-pubescent, petals 7-9mm |
| Size | 4-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| 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) |