Common Name:
American
willowherb
Common Name Synonym:
glandular willowherb
Scientific Name:
Epilobium ciliatum
Family Name:
Onagraceae
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Evening Primrose Family
Life Cycle
native perennial, reproducing by seed and creeping roots
Stems
upright, solitary below and freely branching above, hairy, often granular above
Leaves
opposite and in basal rossette, narrow lanceolate to broad ovate, serrated, sunken leaf veins, short petiole or almost sessile
Flowers
4-petaled, white to pale pink, small, petals with single notch; clusters above
Seedpods
erect, linear, hairy, ridged longwise, split in 4’s when mature, seeds with tuft of white hairs
