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Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.

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Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) Part I, 10, t.6 (1844)
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1844
10, t.6
ICN
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
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Epilobium confertifolium

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confertifolium

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Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.

Prostrate herb, us. much-branched, forming patches up to ± 20 cm. diam.; branches ascending at tips, obscurely to distinctly bifariously pubescent. Lvs opp., approximate, often overlapping, on petioles ± 1 mm. long. Lamina oblong-obovate to oblong to ovate-oblong to elliptic, us. several forms on same plant, glab., 6-12 X 3-6 mm.; margins remotely, obscurely denticulate to entire. Fls ± 5 mm. diam.; calyx deeply cleft, lobes lanceolate to narrow-obovate, ± 3 mm. long; petals shades of magenta to white, bifid to ± halfway. Capsules glab., pale green to reddish brown, sts purplish, (8)-10-20 mm. long; peduncles 5-10 mm. long, ± = lvs, sts up to 2 cm. long. Seeds very minutely densely papillose.

Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.

2n = 36
n = 18

Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.

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.

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Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium dawbinii Allan
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium findlayi Allan
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
Epilobium findlayi Allan var. findlayi
Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.

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Epilobium confertifolium Hook.f.
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4ef089cd-6243-40f6-b80e-4ae4ee548784
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
15 May 2008
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