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- ≡ Epilobium cinereum A.Rich., Essai Fl. Nouv.-Zél., 330 (1832)
- ≡ Epilobium junceum var. cinereum (A.Rich.) Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 169 (1899)
- = Epilobium junceum G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. (1786) nom. nud.
- = Epilobium baueri Endl., Enum. Pl. (Endlicher) 44 (1837)
- = Epilobium canescens Endl., Enum. Pl. (Endlicher) 44 (1837)
- = Epilobium confertum A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 34 (1839)
- = Epilobium incanum A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 33 (1839)
- = Epilobium virgatum A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 33 (1839) nom. illeg.
- = Epilobium junceum var. caninum H.Lév. (1894)
- = Epilobium junceum var. corymbosum H.Lév. (1894)
- = Epilobium junceum var. macrophyllum Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 175 (1906)
Stems stiff, erect, us. much-branched from a stout woody base, up to 6 dm. tall; branches ± virgate, terete, lfy, ashy-pubescent, becoming glab.; branchlets very slender. Lvs subopp., sts fascicled, sessile. Lamina linear, ± spathulate, us. mucronulate, 6–15 × 1–3 mm., with occ. ones up to ± 20 mm. long, submembr., clad in ash-grey pubescence on both surfaces; margins distinctly, rather coarsely denticulate to subentire. Fls us. extending well down stems, ± 3–4 mm. diam.; calyx 3–4 mm. long, cut to ± halfway into ovate, pubescent lobes; petals reddish to rose, rarely white, ± 4–5 mm. long. Capsule ashy-pubescent, obscurely tetragonous, 40–50 mm. long; peduncles very slender, finely pubescent, 15–20 mm. long. Seeds minutely papillose.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Epilobium cinereum A.Rich.]