Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Onagraceae
Genus
Epilobium L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) Part I, 10, t.6 (1844)
Synonymy:
  • = Epilobium dawbinii Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 274 (1961)
  • = Epilobium findlayi Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 265, 970 (1961)
 Description

Densely to loosely matted herb. Stems creeping and rooting at nodes or erect, 2–18 cm long, mostly glabrous but with lines of fine appressed or erect hairs decurrent from margins of petioles. Lamina of lf elliptic, 4–16 × 2–7 mm. Floral tube 0.4–1 mm deep, glabrous. Petals bright rose-purple, 2–5.5 × 1.2–2.6 mm. Capsule glabrous, 1.3–4 cm long; fruiting pedicel 0–6 cm long.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Nov.–Jan.

 Bibliography
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de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76.
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. [Naturally Uncommon]
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