Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium tenuipes Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 59 (1852) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | procumbent, stems ramose, leaves narrowly elliptic or linear, opposite, petiolate, inflorescence erect, flowers pedicellate, petals 2-3mm |
Size | 7-12cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Epilobium alsinoides ssp. tenuipes (Hook.f.) P.H.Raven & Engelhorn Epilobium confertifolium var. tenuipes (Hook.f.) Hook.f. Epilobium nanum Colenso |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |