Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium nerterioides A.Cunn. |
Bibliography | Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 32 (1839) |
Native Range | Chatham Is., New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | leaves opposite, petiolate, 4-11mm, ovate, acute to obtuse, remotely serrate, flowers axillary, erect, solitary, corolla tube 5-11mm, petals 2-5mm, sinuate, capsule glabrous |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, pinkish |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Epilobium nerterioides var. minimum (Kirk) Cockayne Epilobium nummulariifolium var. minimum Kirk Epilobium nummulariifolium ssp. nerterioides (A.Cunn.) Kirk Epilobium nummulariifolium var. nerterioides (A.Cunn.) Hook. Epilobium pedunculare var. aprica Hausskn. Epilobium pedunculare var. viride Cockayne |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (CTM Chatham Is., NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |