Epilobium ciliatum

Common Name: 
American willowherb, glandular willowherb
Scientific Name: 
Epilobium ciliatum Raf. Epilobium glandulosum
Family Name: 
Onagraceae - Evening Primrose Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
native perennial, reproducing by seed and creeping roots
Stems
upright, solitary below and freely branching above, hairy, often granular above
Seedlings of American Willowherb
Seedlings of American Willowherb
Seedlings of American Willowherb
Seedlings of American Willowherb
Seedlings of American Willowherb
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
Flowers of American Willowherb
Flowers of American Willowherb
Flowers of American Willowherb
Seed Pods
erect, linear, hairy, ridged longwise, split in 4’s when mature, seeds with tuft of white hairs
Seedpods of American Willowherb
Seedpods of American Willowherb
Seedpods of American Willowherb
Seedpods of American Willowherb