Epilobium perpusillum Hausskn.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Onagraceae > Epilobium

Characteristics

Loosely matted, prostrate perennial, almost completely glabrous. Stems rooting at nodes and continuing to grow beyond the flowering region. Leaves opposite, usually narrowly ovate, occasionally narrowly lanceolate or ovate, 4–13 mm long, tapering rather variably, petiolate at the base, entire or with a few minute teeth. Flowers with inner surface of hypanthium glabrous. Petals to 7.4 mm long, white. Capsule 1.5–3 cm long; pedicel to more than 6 cm long. Seeds narrowly obovoid, 1.1–1.2 mm long, comose.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Found on rocky stream banks and river cliffs.
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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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Distribution

Epilobium perpusillum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:612179-1
WFO ID wfo-0000669604
COL ID 7VLC8
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Synonyms

Epilobium perpusillum