Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Epilobium rostratum Cheeseman, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 28: 534 (1896)
Synonymy:
- = Epilobium rostratum var. pubens Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 45: 265 (1912 [1913])
Description
Low, tufted herb 4–12 cm tall, well-branched from the base and sometimes also above. Stems grey-green or reddish, ± densely covered with short erect or appressed eglandular hairs. Lamina of lf narrowly elliptic, 4–9 × 1–3 mm. Floral tube 0.5–1 mm deep, ± densely strigillose outside. Petals white or rose-purple, becoming flushed rose after pollination, 2.8–9 × 1.1–5.1 mm. Capsules ± densely covered with erect or appressed eglandular hairs, 1–1.9 cm long, prominently beaked, subsessile.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Dec.–Feb.
Bibliography
Cheeseman, T.F. 1896: On some additions to the New Zealand flora. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 534–537.
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]
Petrie, D. 1913: Descriptions of new species and varieties of native phanerogams. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 45: 265–275.
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.
