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Scientific Name

Epilobium sarmentaceum

Family Name

ONAGRACEAE

Common Name

Mountain Willowherb

Status

Height

5-20cm

Flowers

Flowers are pale lilac or rose-pink, and solitary in the axils of the upper leaves.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Perennial herb with somewhat floppy stems which often droop at the tip, becoming upright at the mature flower and fruiting stages. Leaves are pale green, lanceolate and mostly opposite, 1.5-2cm long.

Municipalities

Burnie; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Flinders Island; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

Moist places on mountains, including crevices between rocks, above 600m altitude.

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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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seeds have lateral wings, and are contained in capsules which are hairy when young and smooth later.

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