Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium wilsonii Petrie |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 54: 569 (1923) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 0-1200m |
Description | leaves opposite, thinly petiolate, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, glabrous or substrigose, remotely denticulate, flowers 15-20mm across, in bud rose, petals obcordate |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | white, pink |
Bloom | spring, 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) |