Epilobium angustum (Cheeseman) P.H.Raven & Engelhorn

Nz small willowherb (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Onagraceae > Epilobium

Characteristics

Creeping herb, forming small mats up to 25 cm diam., sometimes forming dense turf; indumentum of glandular, ascending or, more commonly, spreading hairs (sometimes mixed), occasionally also with scattered appressed hairs, very sparse on stems and generally in lines decurrent from petiole margins, usually confined to new growth. Lamina of lf usually oblong to ovate or obovate, occasionally suborbicular, 0.15-1.2 × 0.1-0.5 cm, rugose above. Floral tube 0.6-3 mm deep, sparsely to densely hairy. Petals white, 2.9-8 × 1.4-5.8 mm. Capsules often finely torulose, sparsely to densely hairy, 0.7-1.3-(1.6) cm long; fruiting pedicels 0.7-5.0-(8) cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
Germination luminosity light
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Images

Epilobium angustum unspecified picture
Epilobium angustum unspecified picture

Distribution

Epilobium angustum world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:611624-1
WFO ID wfo-0000668767
COL ID 6FT8Q
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Epilobium angustum Epilobium nerterioides var. angustum Epilobium nummulariifolium var. angustum