Common name:
American willowherb
Family:
Scientific name:
Epilobium ciliatum
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK except the Scottish Highlands; a naturalised species
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Damp grassland and waste ground
Flowers:
Four notched, pale pink petals and four narrow green sepals, about half as long, centred on eight short stamens and a club-shaped stigma
Leaves:
Hairless, narrowly lanceolate, on short stalks, lined by tiny teeth, on stems covered by short hairs, both appressed (non-glandular) and spreading (glandular). Stems are round in cross-section and may have faint lengthwise ridges
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
