Photo © Carl Farmer |
Frequent and increasing on waste ground. Introduced. Plant c 60-100 cm high. Flower diameter c 6-10 mm. ID: Petals notched to halfway into two parallel lobes. Stigma not 4-lobed but round and compact. Leaves widest near their rounded or squared-off base, long-tapering to the tip, with a stalk 1.5-4 mm. Other features: Petals often darker at the edges. Flowers generally more numerous than in other Willowherbs. Produces overwintering rosettes at base. Upper part of stem has 4 raised lines, dense short spreading glandular hairs and curled non-glandular hairs. Ripe seeds have a pale beak below the white plumes. |
