Onagraceae
Stamens twice as many as the petals Onagraceae
Sepals falling soon after flower opens. Terrestrial plants
Fruit a terete, indehiscent capsule; seeds numerous usually with a tuft of hairs. Petals pink white or purple. Epilobium
Stems with long (up to 0.5 mm) spreading simple hairs. Leaves alternate above, opposite below, hirsute, linear to lanceolate, 2–5 cm long, dentate. Flowers erect. Petals white to purple, 2–8 mm long. Capsule cylindrical, 3.5–6 mm long, pubescent. Stoloniferous herb up to 1.5 m high. Hornsby and Woronora Plateaus; Blue Mts Damp places. Fl. spring–summer Epilobium hirtigerum