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Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Onagraceae > Epilobium

Characteristics

Herb forming dense or lax patches up to ± 20 cm. diam.; stems pale green to reddish purple, with internodes ± 1 cm. long; branchlets at first faintly bifariously pubescent. Lvs opp. ± crowded, subsessile; lamina ovate to suborbicular, 3-5-(10) mm. diam., pale green, often red-tinged below, subcoriac., glab.; entire or with a few minute denticles. Fls ± 3-5 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, glab.; petals white or pale pink. Capsules glab., reddish, (10)-20-40 mm. long; peduncles glab. (30)-50-100 mm. long. Seeds densely papillose.
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Creeping herb, rooting at nodes and forming loose mats up to 0.5 m diam. Stems strigillose or with short erect hairs on lines decurrent from margins of petioles. Lamina of lf very broadly ovate to orbicular, 2.5-14 × 2.5-15 mm. Floral tube 0.7-0.9 mm deep. Petals white, occasionally pink, 3-5 × 1.9-2.6 mm. Capsule glabrous, 2-5 cm long; fruiting pedicel 4.5-10 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Root system creeping-root
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

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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

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Distribution

Epilobium pedunculare world distribution map, present in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:612170-1
WFO ID wfo-0000669588
COL ID 6FSKS
BDTFX ID 24014
INPN ID 96231
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Synonyms

Epilobium arnottianum Epilobium pedunculare Epilobium caespitosum Epilobium linnaeoides Epilobium longipes Epilobium nummularifolium var. pedunculare Epilobium nummularifolium var. caespitosum
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