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Broad-leaved Willowherb

Epilobium montanum

Broad-leaved Willowherb is a tall plant with beautiful pink flowers that bloom in summer. It loves to grow in sunny places like meadows and along roadsides, making it a cheerful sight!

Lebensraum: Meadows

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The Broad-leaved Willowherb has slender stems with distinctive opposing, broad, oval-to-lance-shaped leaves. Its small, four-petaled flowers are typically pinkish-purple, often deeply notched, and grow in the leaf axils towards the top of the plant, making it easy to spot.

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Broad-leaved Willowherb
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Broad-leaved Willowherb

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Broad-leaved Willowherb is a wild cousin of the beautiful Evening Primrose, sharing the same plant family!

Its name 'Willowherb' comes from its leaves, which look surprisingly similar to those of a willow tree!

The plant's long seed pods split open to release seeds that float away like tiny feathery dandelion parachutes!

Young shoots and leaves are edible and can be cooked like spinach, making it a wild snack!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Parachute Seeds

Broad-leaved Willowherb can spread far and wide by having tiny seeds equipped with silky hairs, acting like parachutes to catch the wind.

Fähigkeit

Underground Navigator

Broad-leaved Willowherb can grow new plants from creeping underground stems (rhizomes), allowing it to colonize new areas quickly.

Fähigkeit

Disturbance Dynamo

Broad-leaved Willowherb has a super ability to quickly sprout and thrive in disturbed areas, like roadsides or recently cleared land.

Maße und Details

Höhe
30-100 cm
Ausbreitung
20-50 cm
Blütengröße
1-2 cm
Blütezeit
Sommer
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

visits flowers for nectar and pollen

pollinates

Buff-tailed Bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

gathers nectar and pollen from blooms

pollinates

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

sips nectar from its small flowers

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Always look but don't touch plants you don't know, as some can be prickly or cause allergies.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Broad-leaved Willowherb?

30-100 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Broad-leaved Willowherb?

20-50 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Broad-leaved Willowherb?

1-2 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Broad-leaved Willowherb?

Sommer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Broad-leaved Willowherb?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Broad-leaved Willowherb?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Broad-leaved Willowherb?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Broad-leaved Willowherb?

Insekten

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