Description: A very common native species. The plant grows to about one or two feet in height, has smooth opposite oval leaves up the stems and small lilac-pink flowers which have a four-lobed stigma like a small cross. It grows in woods, scrub and other shady places, and as a garden weed.

All names: Epilobium montanum L.; Epilobium collinum auct.

Distribution Map from NBN: Epilobium montanum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Epilobium montanum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.