Common names:
Hoary willowherb, small-flowered willowherb
Family:
Scientific name:
Epilobium parviflorum
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the British Isles except the Scottish Highlands
Height:
Up to 90 cm
Habitat:
Damp grassland, waste ground, streambanks
Flowers:
Around 8 mm across, sometimes not fully opening; five pale pink petals, five blunt, hairy sepals and a white, four-lobed stigma. Petals are shallowly notched at the top, and crossed by darker veins
Leaves:
Narrowly ovate, densely covered with downy, non-glandular hairs (less so towards the base), as are the round stems. Non-clasping, up to 7 cm long
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
