Epilobium brunnescens (Cockayne) P.H.Raven & Engelhorn

Épilobe brunissant (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Onagraceae > Epilobium

Characteristics

Matted, creeping herb forming patches up to 2 m across. Stems with well-marked lines of strigillose hairs running down from margins of petioles, very rarely glabrous. Lamina of lf narrowly ovate to broadly ovate or broadly elliptic, 0.15-1.3 × 0.15-1.2 cm. Floral tube 0.6-1.6 mm deep, glabrate or hairy. Petals white, (2.3)-3.2-7 × 1.8-5 mm. Capsule glabrate or sparsely hairy along lines of dehiscence, 1.5-6.1 cm long; fruiting pedicel (1)-3.5-8-(12) cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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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 brunnescens unspecified picture
Epilobium brunnescens unspecified picture

Distribution

Epilobium brunnescens world distribution map, present in Australia and New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:611692-1
WFO ID wfo-0000668861
COL ID 6FT87
BDTFX ID 24013
INPN ID 96144
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Synonyms

Epilobium brunnescens Epilobium boissierii Epilobium pedunculare var. brunnescens

Lower taxons

Epilobium brunnescens subsp. minutiflorum