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Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.

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Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn., Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 29: 149 (1879)
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.

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New Zealand
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Hausskn.
Hausskn.
1879
29: 149
chloraefolium
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Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
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Epilobium chlorifolium

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chlorifolium

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Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.

Herb with stout to rather slender stems, often much-branched from near the somewhat woody stock, ± 15-45 cm. tall; branchlets ascending, bifariously pubescent to almost pilose, rather stout. Lvs opp., floral sts alt., ± remote, on broad ± pubescent petioles up to 2 mm. long. Lamina green to brownish green, broad-ovate to ovate-oblong, sts subacute, (8)-12-(20) × 6-(14) mm., subcoriac., glab. or very nearly so; margins rounded to subcordate at base, rather remotely but distinctly rather coarsely denticulate. Fls 8-12 mm. diam.; calyx ± 5 mm. long, lobes ovate-lanceolate, cleft to ± halfway; petals white or rose, 8-9 mm. long. Capsules rather stout, 3-4 cm. long, green to erubescent, sparsely ± glandular hairy; peduncles ± pilose, 20-25 mm. long. Seeds papillose.

Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.

n = 18
n = 18
2n = 36

Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.

Herb 7-45 cm tall, very sparsely branched from the base and sometimes also above. Stems with strigillose lines running down from margins of petioles, hairy all round above. Lamina of lf narrowly to broadly ovate, 1-3 × 1.2-2 cm. Floral tube 0.9-1.4 mm deep, glandular-hairy. Petals white, 7-11 × 5-8 mm. Capsule with glandular hairs, and sometimes with a few strigillose hairs, 3.9-5.2 cm long; fruiting pedicels 1.5-2.5 cm long.

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Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium chlorifolium var. verum Cockayne
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium perplexum Kirk
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.

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Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
New Zealand
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Epilobium chlorifolium Hausskn.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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1 January 2000
15 May 2008
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