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Epilobium pictum Petrie

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Epilobium pictum Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 28: 538 (1895 [1896])
Epilobium pictum Petrie

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Petrie
Petrie
1895
1896
538
ICN
Epilobium pictum Petrie
species
Epilobium pictum

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pictum

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Epilobium pictum Petrie

Slender laxly branched herb up to ± 25 cm. tall; stems slender, decumbent at base; branchlets ascending or spreading, finely and densely pubescent. Lvs opp., sessile or nearly so, rather distant, floral lvs alt. Lamina narrow-ovate to ovate- or elliptic-oblong (10)-15-20 × (4)-5-7 mm., rather abruptly narrowed to base, pale to bright green, us. distinctly mottled grey, ± reddish below, membr., glab.; margins rather coarsely and sharply toothed. Fls ± 5 mm. diam.; calyx almost as long as petals, lobes ovate-lanceolate; petals pinkish or white, 3-4 mm. long. Capsules slender, densely pubescent to almost hoary, 20-40 mm. long; peduncles ± 3-4 mm. long. Seeds smooth.

Epilobium pictum Petrie

2n = 36
n = 18
n = 18

Epilobium pictum Petrie

Slender herb with numerous stems arising from the loosely rhizomatous rootcrown. Stems 7-30 cm tall, densely covered with ± appressed hairs. Lamina of lf narrowly elliptic, 8-22 × 2.5-6 mm. Infl. nodding in bud. Floral tube 0.6-0.9 mm deep, densely strigillose. Petals white, 2.8-4.5 × 1.5-3.4 mm. Capsule 2-2.5 cm long, densely grey-strigillose; fruiting pedicel 0.2-0.7 cm long.

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Epilobium haloragifolium sensu Kirk
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie
Epilobium pictum Petrie

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Epilobium pictum Petrie
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Epilobium pictum Petrie
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Epilobium pictum Petrie
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Epilobium pictum Petrie
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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22488dd6-8d0d-4bd6-8b36-da970af194b1
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
20 June 2007
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