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Scree Epilobium

Epilobium pycnostachyum

Scree Epilobium
Photo: Richard Littauer, CC BY 4.0
Family
Onagraceae (Evening-primrose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
New Zealand
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Epilobium pycnostachyum, or scree epilobium, is a species of willowherb that is endemic to New Zealand. It grows exclusively on scree slopes on mountains.

Where it grows

Epilobium pycnostachyum is known from both the North and the South Island. It is restricted to mountain ranges, where it grows in scree fields and unstable, rocky environments.

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 pycnostachyum 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.

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