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Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.

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New Zealand
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G.Forst.
G.Forst.
1786
27
ICN
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
species
Epilobium glabellum

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glabellum

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Stock woody, very stout; stems ∞, arcuate, crowded, rigid, sparingly branched, up to ± 20 cm. tall; branchlets erect, with 2-4 pubescent lines, purplish. Lvs very close-set, overlapping, hiding stems, opp. except in floral region, erect or ascending, sessile or very nearly so. Lamina narrow- to ovate-oblong, 15-20 × 5 mm., subacute, cuneately narrowed to base, thick, coriac., ± rugulose below, glab.; margins distantly denticulate. Fls concentrated at tips of branches, ± 8 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes lanceolate to narrow-ovate 4-5 mm. long; petals ± 8 mm. long, pale rose. Capsules glab., shining, purplish, 30-40 mm. long; peduncles up to 4 mm. long, glab. Seeds densely papillose.

Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.

Stems us. many, up to 35 cm., decumbent and woody at base, erect above; branches us. several ascending, not rigid, often purple to reddish, with 2-4 lines of pubescence. Lvs somewhat remote to close-set, opp. except in floral region, subsessile or on petioles up to 2 mm. long. Lamina narrow-ovate to narrow-oblong to elliptic-oblong, (8)-10-15-(20) × (3)-5-(8) mm., submembr. to coriac., often red- or purple-tinged, glab., glossy; margins rather remotely sinuate-denticulate. Fls 5-10 mm. diam.; calyx 5-8 mm. long, cut ⅔ way into ovate-lanceolate lobes; petals white or pink, 6-10 mm. long. Capsules glab., slender, pale brown to purplish, 25-30-(50) mm. long; peduncles (5)-10-(15) mm. long. Seeds densely minutely papillose.

Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.

n = 18
n = 18
2n = 36

Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.

Bushy or sometimes matted herb, much-branched, from a stout taproot; branches sometimes straggling and rooting near base, 5-40 cm long. Stems with lines of strigillose, erect eglandular or glandular hairs decurrent from margins of petioles. Lamina of lf elliptic to lanceolate or narrowly ovate, 0.5-2 × 0.2-0.7 cm. Floral tube 0.6-1.5-(3.2) mm deep, glabrous. Petals white or rose-purple, often flushed pink after pollination, 3-8-(18) × 2-5-(12) mm. Capsule glabrous, 2-4-(6.5) cm long; fruiting pedicel 0-0.4-(0.6) cm long.

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Epilobium erubescens Hausskn.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium erubescens var. suberecta Kirk
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium rubromarginatum Cockayne
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
Epilobium vernicosum Cheeseman
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.

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Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District

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1 January 2000
15 May 2008
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