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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Epilobium pedunculare var. minutiflorum Cockayne

Var. minutiflorum Ckn. in T.N.Z.I. 50, 1918, 172.

Plant forming matted patches up to ± 20 cm. diam. Stems very slender, reddish purple; lvs on petioles ± 1 mm. long; lamina 2.5-5 mm. diam., suborbicular to broad-ovate, dark green, somewhat glossy, us. tinged dark red below. Fls minute, petals white; capsules purplish ± 10-12-(20) mm. long; peduncles filiform, purplish, up to 4 cm. long.

DIST.: Described from a cultivated plant sent by A. Wall from Trelissick Basin. Also known from headwaters of Awatere River, Rakaia riverbed near mouth, Ashburton river near town, Rangitata river near Mount Peel. Constant in all localities noted.

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