Epilobium hirsutum
Great Willowherb at Melba, ACT
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| Epilobium hirsutum | natureguy | 19 Mar 2023 | |
| Epilobium hirsutum | pinnaCLE | 19 Mar 2023 |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
Large plants with short hairs obvious on fruits and stems. Flowers 2cm across, with long style and 4-lobed white stigma. Fruits up to 7cm long. Growing on edge of stormwater drain so possibly garden escapee. Many small Epilobiums growing in same area but clearly different species to these 2 monsters.
Seed photo taken in mid March once fruit had opened.
1 comment
19 Mar 2023
Thanks Pinnacle, would be great to get these plants removed but sadly have already set seed so probably spreading into the surrounding waterway
Location information
- Coordinates 149.046660-35.216836
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 22 Jan 2023 03:09 PM Recorded on
- pinnaCLE Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
- Yes In flower
Collections
- Significant Plants Other Wildflowers & Herbs pinnaCLE Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Epilobium hirsutum
Species information
- Epilobium hirsutum Scientific name
- Great Willowherb Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 618.18m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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In flower
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Record quality
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