Hairy Willow-herb - a native (Epilobium hirtigerum)

Family: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose family).

Native.

Occurrence: Widespread and moderately common.

Identification:

• like other Willow-herbs, it has long, slender, stalk-like fruit, usually held erect. The petals are on the tips of the fruit
• it is hairy densely hairy with long hairs, so that the plant is greyish
• the leaves are mostly alternate (i.e. not paired)
• it is often much-branched from the base.