Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Pale Willowherb, Epilobium roseum, Saileachán gasach
Photographs below: Co. Wexford

Pale Willowherb
Epilobium roseum
Saileachán gasach
Family: Onagraceae

Flowering July-September. Perennial. Possibly introduced.

The flowers are a very pale-pink with an entire stigma. Leaves gradually narrow to the stalks and stems have at least some glandular hairs. Over-wintering leaf rosettes. Height 30-70cm.

Rare in Ireland with a scattered distribution on damp, shady, disturbed ground. Identified by Paul Green

Similar: Broad-leaved Willowherb, Epilobium montanum

Pale Willowherb, Epilobium roseum, Saileachán gasach
Pale Willowherb, Epilobium roseum, Saileachán gasach

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