Scientific Name: Epilobium curtisiae

Common Name: baldseed willowherb

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Onagraceae

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

Height (m): 0.02 – 0.2

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

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

Municipality
Central HighlandsGlamorgan-Spring BayNorthern Midlands
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

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

General Notes

Not widely grown.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Growing from seed produces very good results.

Seed Treatment Notes

The potting mix needs to be kept moist to fairly wet.