willowherb
Noun
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A plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs (synset 112362816)
is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestssubtypes:
- epilobium angustifolium, fireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup - tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant
- codlins-and-cream, epilobium hirsutum, hairy willowherb - plant of Europe and Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves; introduced into North America
belongs to: epilobium, genus epilobium - large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas
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