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Epilobium wilsonii Petrie

Species

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Characteristics

Stems several from stock, slender, dark purple, simple or sparingly branched, decumbent at base, then sprawling, ascending at tips, up to 30 cm. or more long; bifariously pubescent, sts evenly so. Lvs opp., floral alt., on slender petioles up to 3 mm. long. Lamina oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate to elliptic, 15-20-(30) × 7-10 mm., membr., glab. or ± puberulous; margins distinctly to rather obscurely, remotely denticulate. Fls (6)-15-(20) mm. diam.; calyx ± 10 mm. long, cleft to halfway or more, linear-lanceolate to narrow-ovate, acute to acuminate; pink in bud becoming white, ± 15 mm. long, broad-obcordate. Capsules 20-30 mm. long or more; sparingly, evenly pubescent; peduncles very slender, 10-20 mm. long, sparsely pubescent. Seeds ridged, papillose.
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Tufted herb. Stems 6-30 cm tall, usually purplish, rarely green, wiry, with broad lines of eglandular appressed or erect hairs running down below the petioles, hairy all round above. Lamina of lf ovate to broadly ovate, 10-40 × 6-20 mm. Floral tube 1.8-2.5 mm deep, ± glandular-hairy. Petals white or pink, 10-18 × 6-15 mm. Capsule usually with sparse glandular or erect eglandular hairs, rarely glabrous, 1.9-5.5 cm long; fruiting pedicel 0.7-1.5 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.06 - 0.3
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Environment

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Usage

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Human toxicity -
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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 wilsonii world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:612444-1
WFO ID wfo-0000669937
COL ID 6G4P5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Epilobium wilsonii Epilobium wilsonii var. pallidum
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