Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn. |
Bibliography | Ann. Nat. Hist. 3(14): 31 (1839) |
Native Range | Antipodean Is., Chatham Is., New Zealand, Macquarie Is. |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | alluvial gravel |
Description | leaves opposite, crowded, ovate to suborbiculate, 3-10mm, pale green, abaxially reddish, subcoriaceous, glabrous, entire, flowers 3-5mm across, calyx glabrous |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, pale rose |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Epilobium arnottianum Gillies ex Hook. Epilobium caespitosum Hausskn. Epilobium linnaeoides Hook.f. Epilobium longipes Hausskn. Epilobium nummulariifolium var. caespitosum (Hausskn.) Kirk Epilobium nummularium var. pedunculare (A.Cunn.) Hook.f. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (ATP Antipodean Is., CTM Chatham Is., NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (MAQ Macquarie Is.) |