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Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.

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Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 77 (1864)
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
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.

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New Zealand
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Hook.f.
Hooker, J.D. 1864: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's and Macquarie's Islands. Part I. Reeve, London.
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77
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Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
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Epilobium purpuratum

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Myrtales
Onagraceae
Epilobium
purpuratum

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.

Stems rather stiff, stout, glab., purplish black; plant forming dense to rather open patches up to ± 15 cm. diam.; branchlets few. Lvs opp., crowded, on short petioles; lamina (5)-10-12 × (4)-5-7 mm., broad-oblong to suborbicular, sts ovate-oblong, thick, coriac., glab., often purplish below; margins minutely toothed or entire. Fls? Capsules 30-50 mm. long, stout, purplish black, glab.; peduncles stout, purplish, 25-50 mm. long; seeds papillose.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.

2n = 36
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.

Sprawling herb. Stems 4-20 cm long, conspicuously purplish black, glabrous, or with rather sparse, minute, semi-erect hairs extending down from angle formed at point of fusion of petiole margins. Lamina of lf broadly elliptic to orbicular, 4-16 × 3-8 mm. Floral tube 1-1.2 mm deep, glabrous. Petals white with pink veins, flushed pink after pollination, 4.5-9 × 3-4 mm. Capsule purple, 1.2-4 cm long, glabrous; fruiting pedicel 1-6.5 cm long.

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Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Epilobium L.
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
Raven, P.H.; Raven, T. E. (1976)
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Epilobium purpuratum Hook.f.
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1 January 2000
15 May 2008
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