| Family | ONAGRACEAE |
| Genus species | Epilobium pycnostachyum Hausskn. |
| Bibliography | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 29: 150 (1879) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Description | stems usually dark purple, leaves crowded, narrowly oblong-ovate, 1-2cm long, dentate, often greyish, flowers 8-10mm across in terminal spike |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | white, red-rose |
| Bloom | late spring, 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 (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |