Family Index

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Scientific Name

Epilobium curtisiae

Family Name

ONAGRACEAE

Common Name

Baldseed Willowherb

Status

Height

2-20cm

Flowers

Flowers are pale purplish-pink, 6-7mm long and solitary in the upper leaf axils.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Slender perennial herb, often branched from the base, with elliptical, blunt-tipped leaves.

Municipalities

Central Highlands; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Northern Midlands

Communities

Habitat Notes

Marshy places in montane grasslands such as the Middlesex Plains, and in soaks on river flats in the North, including the Meander River, south-west of Deloraine.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Growing from seed produces very good results. The potting mix needs to be kept moist to fairly wet. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

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Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

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Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Capsule is downy, 1-1.5cm long, and contains smooth, golden-brown seeds with a narrow, thin and translucent wing.

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes