Epilobium parviflorum seed

LATIN NAME: Epilobium parviflorum

COMMON NAME: Hoary Willowherb

The hoary willowherb is a handsome, upright, softly hairy, perennial herb of the moist places, and its fine, narrow, willow-like leaves and its fine, small, pale-pink, four-petalled flowers in the loose, upright spikes, followed by the long, slender, dry capsules of the many fine, hairy seeds, have made it a treasured and fine plant of the region. It grows as an upright, softly hairy, perennial herb, reaching up to one metre or so, with the many slender, upright stems bearing the opposite, narrow, willow-like, pointed, softly hairy leaves and, through the summer, the fine, small, pale-pink, four-petalled flowers in the loose, upright spikes, followed by the long, slender, dry capsules of the many fine, hairy seeds. It is a species of the flowering herb in the evening primrose family, and it is native to the moist places of the Europe and the surrounding regions, while it is treasured for its long history of traditional use, and it is known as the hoary willowherb.

In the evening primrose family it is the pale-pink, willow-leaved willowherb of the moist places, a wayside plant of the old European practice.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The hoary willowherb parts are a familiar subject in the traditional plant chemistry of Europe, and the constituents have been examined by the researchers across the world. The botanists have mapped its place in the evening primrose family and the moist-place flora, and the insect ecologists have watched the bees and the many insects come to the small, pale-pink flowers. The plant is best appreciated as a subject of study rather than a casual remedy, and the growers of the wild garden keep it in their collections.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the wild garden, the hoary willowherb is the pale-pink plant of the moist corner. Its small flowers feed the bees, its hairy-seeded capsules feed the small creatures, and the upright, leafy growth gives the border a fine, soft presence. The old European practice keeps the plant in the tradition, and it grows well in the moist, open ground. Pale-pink, willow-leaved and soft.

These small seeds carry fine, hairy coats — sow them on the surface of trays of fine, moist seed compost and leave them uncovered, since they wake up best in the light, stand the trays in a bright, open spot and mist them gently, and they will be up before long.