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Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.

Species

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Characteristics

Stems us. many, up to 35 cm., decumbent and woody at base, erect above; branches us. several ascending, not rigid, often purple to reddish, with 2-4 lines of pubescence. Lvs somewhat remote to close-set, opp. except in floral region, subsessile or on petioles up to 2 mm. long. Lamina narrow-ovate to narrow-oblong to elliptic-oblong, (8)-10-15-(20) × (3)-5-(8) mm., submembr. to coriac., often red-or purple-tinged, glab., glossy; margins rather remotely sinuate-denticulate. Fls 5-10 mm. diam.; calyx 5-8 mm. long, cut ⅔ way into ovate-lanceolate lobes; petals white or pink, 6-10 mm. long. Capsules glab., slender, pale brown to purplish, 25-30-(50) mm. long; peduncles (5)-10-(15) mm. long. Seeds densely minutely papillose.
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Bushy or sometimes matted herb, much-branched, from a stout taproot; branches sometimes straggling and rooting near base, 5-40 cm long. Stems with lines of strigillose, erect eglandular or glandular hairs decurrent from margins of petioles. Lamina of lf elliptic to lanceolate or narrowly ovate, 0.5-2 × 0.2-0.7 cm. Floral tube 0.6-1.5-(3.2) mm deep, glabrous. Petals white or rose-purple, often flushed pink after pollination, 3-8-(18) × 2-5-(12) mm. Capsule glabrous, 2-4-(6.5) cm long; fruiting pedicel 0-0.4-(0.6) cm long.
A ground cover plant. It grows 30 cm high. It forms clumps. The leaves are mid green and shiny. The flowers are cup shaped and face outwards. They are cream coloured. The flowers occur singly on slender stems.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.13 - 0.33
Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Lowland to subalpine riverbed, grassland, herbfield and fellfield; at elevations up to 1,800 metres.
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A temperate plant.
Light 3-8
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves shoots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Epilobium glabellum unspecified picture

Distribution

Epilobium glabellum world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:611873-1
WFO ID wfo-0000669118
COL ID 6G595
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Epilobium rubromarginatum Epilobium erubescens Epilobium glabellum Epilobium metallicum Epilobium vernicosum Epilobium erubescens var. suberecta
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