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Scientific Name

Epilobium pallidiflorum

Family Name

ONAGRACEAE

Common Name

Showy Willowherb

Status

Rare

Height

30-120cm

Flowers

Flowers are white or rose pink, and have a notch at the end which is about 3mm long. Flowers are solitary and are borne in the leaf axils on the upper part of the stem.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Perennial herb, often with purplish, hard, hollow stems, which are prostate and bear roots on the lower parts, and are erect with dense short hairs on the upper parts. Leaves are generally opposite, long, thin and stalkless.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Georgetown; Kentish; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Wet places, especially in the North and North West.

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

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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

The capsule is hairy and 5-6cm long, and contains egg-shaped seeds with one side flattened. Unlike most other Epilobium species, the seeds do not have a plume of hairs.

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