Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Onagraceae
Genus
Epilobium L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Epilobium brunnescens (Cockayne) P.H.Raven & Engelhorn subsp. brunnescens
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Epilobium pedunculare var. brunnescens Cockayne, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 50: 171 (1917 [1918])
 Description

Stems often tinged brown; petioles ± 3 mm. long; lamina ± 9 mm. long, ovate-oblong to suborbicular, becoming tinged brown when exposed to bright light; calyx-lobes narrow-oblong, brownish; capsules ± 5 cm. long; peduncles up to 7 cm. long.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Epilobium pedunculare var. brunnescens Cockayne]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Cockayne, L. 1918: Notes on New Zealand floristic botany, including descriptions of new species, etc. (No. 3). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 50: 161–191.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Raven, P.H.; Raven, T. E. 1976: The Genus Epilobium (Onagraceae) in Australasia: a Systematic and Evolutionary Study. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 216: 1–321.