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Epilobium hirsutum
Also called Great hairy willowherb, Codlins And Cream, Hairy Willowherb
Great willowherb is a tall, hairy perennial of wet ground, reaching up to 2 metres, with purple-pink flowers from June to September. It thrives in damp soil by streams, ditches and marshes and is best given moist conditions.
Epilobium hirsutum is a flowering plant belonging to the willowherb genus Epilobium in the family Onagraceae. It is commonly known as the great willowherb, great hairy willowherb or hairy willowherb. Local dialectal names include codlins and cream, apple pie and cherry pie.
The native range of the species includes North Africa, most of Europe up to southern Sweden, and parts of Asia. It is absent from much of Scandinavia and north-west Scotland. It has been introduced to North America and Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epilobium hirsutum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
