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Hairy Willow-Herb

Epilobium hirsutum. Evening Primrose Family.

Three to five feet high. Stem.--Densely hairy; stout; branching. Leaves.--Mostly opposite; lance-oblong; finely toothed. Flowers.--Pink, in the axils of the upper leaves, or in a leafy, short raceme. Calyx.--Four or five-parted. Corolla.--Of four petals. Stamens.--Eight. Pistil.--One, with a four-parted stigma.

The hairy willow-herb is found in waste places, blossoming in midsummer. It is an emigrant from Europe.