Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium pictum Petrie |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 28: 538 (1895) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves narrowly ovate to elliptic-oblong, remotely dentate, pale to bright green, adaxially greyish variegate, abaxially reddish, flowers 5-8mm, solitary in leaf axils |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, 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 (NZS New Zealand South) |