NOUN | plant | willowherb | a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs |
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Meaning | A plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs. | |
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Member of | Epilobium, genus Epilobium | large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas |
Narrower | fireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup, Epilobium angustifolium | tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks / rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings |
hairy willowherb, codlins-and-cream, Epilobium hirsutum | plant of Europe and Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves | |
Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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