Plants : OnagraceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Epilobium obscurum Schreber

Short-fruited Willowherb

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Epilobium obscurum

Description: This willowherb is very common on roadsides, walls, banks, lakesides, in woods and gardens and a variety of other habitats. The leaves are unstalked and narrow elongated-oval. The flowers are lilac-pink with a club-shaped stigma.

All names: Epilobium obscurum Schreber

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

iNaturalist: Epilobium obscurum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Epilobium obscurum. Schreber. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3580. Accessed on 2026-11-02.