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Epilobium brunnescens
Epilobium brunnescens is a flowering plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae. It is a small, creeping, perennial plant with white or pale pink flowers. It is native to New Zealand and south-east Australia and has been introduced to Northern Europe. Its common names include New Zealand willowherb in Great Britain and Ireland, creeping willowherb in New Zealand and bog willowherb for the Australian subspecies.
The species is widespread in New Zealand, occurring in the North Island, the South Island, on Stewart Island, in the Auckland Islands and the Campbell Islands as well as on the Australian possession of Macquarie Island. It grows in a variety of habitats, particularly open, shingly riverbeds in areas of high rainfall. Two subspecies are present in New Zealand: E. b. subsp. brunnescens which usually has nodding flowers and E. b. subsp. minutiflorum which usually has erect flowers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epilobium brunnescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
