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Epilobium pycnostachyum
Species of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Epilobium pycnostachyum, or scree epilobium,[2] is a species of willowherb that is endemic to New Zealand. It grows exclusively on scree slopes on mountains.
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Description
A small herb with a few branches that spread out and then up. The leaves are a dull green, and glabrous and have deep teeth on the margins. The flowers are white,[3] or red and pink.[4]
The seeds are wind-dispersed.[4]
Range and habitat
Epilobium pycnostachyum is known from both the North and the South Island.[5][3] It is restricted to mountain ranges, where it grows in scree fields and unstable, rocky environments.[3]
Etymology
Pycnostachyum means 'densely spiked'.[4]
Taxonomy
It was described by Heinrich Carl Haussknecht in 1879.[3] The type specimen is from Whitcombe's Pass, on the South Island of New Zealand.[3]
References
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