Epilobium angustifolium

Common Name: 

fireweed, great willowherb

Scientific Name: 

Epilobium angustifolium L.

Family Name: 

Onagraceae - Evening Primrose Family

Identification Notes

Life Cycle

native perennial, reproducing by seed and rhizomes

Stems

upright, tall, smooth

Leaves

alternate, lanceolate to linear, nearly entire and wavy margins, short petioles

Flowers

4-petaled, purple to purplish-pink; terminal racemes

Seed Pods

narrow long, seeds tufted with silky hairs