| Family | ONAGRACEAE |
| Genus species | Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson |
| Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 75: 189 (1945) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | leaves crowded, ovate to obovate, 10-15mm long, purple-green to purple, flowers 5mm across in small terminal clusters |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pink-red |
| 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 |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |