Epilobium confertifolium Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Onagraceae > Epilobium

Characteristics

Prostrate herb, us. much-branched, forming patches up to ± 20 cm. diam.; branches ascending at tips, obscurely to distinctly bifariously pubescent. Lvs opp., approximate, often overlapping, on petioles ± 1 mm. long. Lamina oblong-obovate to oblong to ovate-oblong to elliptic, us. several forms on same plant, glab., 6-12 X 3-6 mm.; margins remotely, obscurely denticulate to entire. Fls ± 5 mm. diam.; calyx deeply cleft, lobes lanceolate to narrow-obovate, ± 3 mm. long; petals shades of magenta to white, bifid to ± halfway. Capsules glab., pale green to reddish brown, sts purplish, (8)-10-20 mm. long; peduncles 5-10 mm. long, ± = lvs, sts up to 2 cm. long. Seeds very minutely densely papillose.
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Densely to loosely matted herb. Stems creeping and rooting at nodes or erect, 2-18 cm long, mostly glabrous but with lines of fine appressed or erect hairs decurrent from margins of petioles. Lamina of lf elliptic, 4-16 × 2-7 mm. Floral tube 0.4-1 mm deep, glabrous. Petals bright rose-purple, 2-5.5 × 1.2-2.6 mm. Capsule glabrous, 1.3-4 cm long; fruiting pedicel 0-6 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Root system creeping-root
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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

Epilobium confertifolium world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:611738-1
WFO ID wfo-0000668955
COL ID 6G4VW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Epilobium findlayi Epilobium confertifolium Epilobium dawbinii Epilobium findlayi var. pubescens