Epilobium L.

Fruit a terete, indehiscent capsule; seeds numerous usually with a tuft of hairs. Petals pink white or purple. Epilobium
Stems with short glandular and/or curved simple hairs
Seeds without a pale incurved wing
Flowers erect
Seeds with lines of papillae on the surface. Petals mostly less than 5 mm long, deep pink to white. Leaves lanceolate, up to 8 cm long, minutely dentate. Capsule 45–85 mm long. Erect perennial herb usually up to c. 50 cm high. Widespread weed. Introd from N. America. Fl. most of the year Epilobium ciliatum