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Epilobium montanum
Also called Broadleaf Willowherb, Toothed Willowherb
Broad-leaved Willowherb is a hardy, upright perennial wildflower of woods, hedgerows and waste ground, growing up to about 60 cm with pale mauve flowers. It is an easy, weedy plant that thrives in ordinary garden conditions and self-seeds readily.
Epilobium montanum or Broad-leaved Willowherb is a species of flowering plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae.
Common throughout Britain and Ireland as well as most of Europe. The species is present in the Pannonian macroregion, confirmed with herbarium specimens.
Whorled Leaved Willowherb · Chickweed Willowherb · Pimpernel willowherb · Aboriginal willowherb · Tall annual willowherb · New Zealand Willowherb · Hummingbird trumpet · Fringed willowherb · Talus willowherb · Selfing willowherb · Hill Willowherb · Purpleleaf willowherb
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epilobium montanum 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.
