Great Willowherb
എപ്പിലോബിയം ഹിർസുതം
Epilobium hirsutum L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 1.9 m
- wide
- —
Onagraceae
Also called Hairy Willowherb, Codlins-and-cream, Great Hairy Willowherb, Apple-pie, Cherry-pie
Formerly Chamaenerion grandiflorum, Chamaenerion hirsutum, Epilobium amplexicaule, Epilobium aquaticum, and 9 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Temp. Eurasia to AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.9 mRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension 6–6 ft; Wikipedia 2–2 m
- Flowers
- PinkRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension pink; Wikipedia pink, purple
Not known yet: spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Finnish
- karvahorsma
- Hebrew
- ערברבה שעירה
- Russian
- Кипрей волосистый
- French
- Épilobe hérissé, Épilobe à grandes fleurs, epilobe hérissé
- German
- Zottiges Weidenröschen, Behaartes Weidenröschen
- root
- EPIHIR, Saileachán mór, mosika-nokana
- Catalan
- epilobi hirsut
- Czech
- vrbovka chlupatá
- Danish
- Lådden dueurt, Lodden Dueurt
- Lithuanian
- Plaukuotoji ožkarožė
- Spanish
- epilobio velludo
- Swedish
- Rosendunört
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Epilobium hirsutum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.