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Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson

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Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson, Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 75: 189 (1945)
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson

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New Zealand
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G.Simpson
G.Simpson
1945
189
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Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
species
Epilobium porphyrium

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porphyrium

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Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson

"From its colouring this may have been confused with , but that plant has a prostrate and rooting habit, and Buchanan's specimens have pedicels 3-4 cm long, elongating in fruit to 6 cm."

Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson

n = 18
2n = 36

Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson

Tufted herb, sometimes rooting near the base, 4-20 cm tall. Stems erect, often reddish, with fine lines of strigillose or erect eglandular hairs decurrent from margins of petioles. Lamina of lf elliptic, 6-15 × 3-7 mm. Floral tube 0.4-0.8 mm deep, glabrous. Petals white, later flushed pink, 3.2-5 × 2.2-2.6 mm. Capsule glabrous, 1.5-2.3 cm long, usually subsessile, rarely pedicellate.

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Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson

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Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Epilobium porphyrium G.Simpson
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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52a89742-0974-4b75-961d-4371e450d57a
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
15 May 2008
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