Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Onagraceae
Genus
Epilobium L.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Epilobium brunnescens (Cockayne) P.H.Raven & Engelhorn
Synonymy:
  • = Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 31 (1839) var. pedunculare
Vernacular Name(s):
creeping willowherb
 Description

Matted, creeping herb forming patches up to 2 m across. Stems with well-marked lines of strigillose hairs running down from margins of petioles, very rarely glabrous. Lamina of lf narrowly ovate to broadly ovate or broadly elliptic, 0.15–1.3 × 0.15–1.2 cm. Floral tube 0.6–1.6 mm deep, glabrate or hairy. Petals white, (2.3)–3.2–7 × 1.8–5 mm. Capsule glabrate or sparsely hairy along lines of dehiscence, 1.5–6.1 cm long; fruiting pedicel (1)–3.5–8–(12) cm long.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Epilobium brunnescens (Cockayne) P.H.Raven & Engelhorn
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)2
Total2
 Phenology

Flowering: Oct.–Mar.

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