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Bronzy Willowherb

Epilobium komarovianum

Bronzy Willowherb
Photo: Wilcox, Mike, CC BY 4.0

Bronzy willowherb is a low, creeping New Zealand native that forms mats of rounded, ridged leaves. It is a moisture-loving plant that does best in open, damp ground.

Family
Onagraceae (Evening-primrose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist and do not let it dry out.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, free-draining loam.
Temperature
10–20 °C; tolerates cool temperate conditions and frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New Zealand, Chatham Is.
Climate
temperate

About

Epilobium komarovianum, or creeping willowherb, is a species of flowering plant endemic to New Zealand.

Where it grows

Epilobium komarovianum is endemic to New Zealand, and can be found throughout the North, South, and Chatham Islands. It grows on open damp ground.

Other Epilobium plants

Whorled Leaved Willowherb · Chickweed Willowherb · Pimpernel willowherb · Aboriginal willowherb · Tall annual willowherb · New Zealand Willowherb · Hummingbird trumpet · Fringed willowherb · Talus willowherb · Selfing willowherb · Hill Willowherb · Purpleleaf willowherb

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epilobium komarovianum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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.

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