Onagraceae
Spear leaved willow herb
Epilobium lanceolatum
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Epilobium
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Common names
By language (11)
- Czech
- Vrbovka kopinatá
- Dutch
- Lancetbladige basterdwederik
- English
- Spear leaved willow herb
- Esperanto
- Lancetfolia epilobio
- French
- Epilobe à flles lancéolées
- German
- Lanzett-Weidenröschen, Lanzettblättriges Weidenröschen
- hsb
- Hlebjojta wjerbinka
- Hungarian
- Lándzsás füzike
- kw
- Helygles guwdhel
- Russian
- Кипрей ланцетный, Кипрей ланцетолистный
- Welsh
- Helyglys gwaywddail
Synonyms
- Epilobium alternans Link ex Hausskn.
- Epilobium anceps Lamotte
- Epilobium lanceolatum f. albiflorum Maire
- Epilobium lanceolatum f. simplex E.S.Marshall
- Epilobium lanceolatum f. umbrosum E.S.Marshall
- Epilobium lanceolatum subsp. parviflorum Gančev
- Epilobium lanceolatum var. maderense Hausskn.
- Epilobium montanum prol. lanceolatum (Sebast. & Mauri) Samp.
- Epilobium montanum subsp. lanceolatum (Sebast. & Mauri) Bonnier & Layens
- Epilobium montanum var. lanceolatum (Sebast. & Mauri) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
- Epilobium otites Hoffmanns. ex Steud.
- Epilobium sparsifolium Dumort.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 16 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Original uploaded by Mbc, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Corwyn44, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Thomas Dreux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Prather, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Clément Maouche, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Dreux, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Clare Bowley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matteo Marcandella, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tim Eberling, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.