Onagraceae

Broad-leaved willowherb

Epilobium montanum L.

Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Epilobium

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Broad-leaved willowherb (Epilobium montanum) — FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (28)

Arabic: سنفية جبلية
arz: سنفيه جبليه
Belarusian: Скрыпень горны, Купена
Bulgarian: Планинска върбовка
Chinese: 山地柳叶菜
Czech: Vrbovka horská, Vrbovka třezalkolistá
Danish: Glat Dueurt
Dutch: Bergbasterdwederik, Bergwilgenroosje, Bergwilgeroosje
English: Broad-leaved willowherb, Willowherb
Esperanto: Monta epilobio
Estonian: Mägi-pajulill
Finnish: Lehtohorsma
French: Epilobe des montagnes, Épilobe des montagnes
German: Berg-Weidenröschen, Bergweidenröschen
hsb: Hórska wjerbinka
Hungarian: Hegyi füzike
Icelandic: Runnadúnurt
kw: Helygles ledan
Malayalam: എപ്പിലോബിയം മോണ്ടാനം
Norwegian Bokmål: Krattmjølke
Norwegian Nynorsk: Krattmjølke
Persian: بید علفی کوهستانی
Polish: Wierzbownica górska
Slovak: Vŕbovka horská
Slovenian: Gorski vrbovec
Spanish: Adelfilla montana
Swedish: Bergdunört, Bergduntrav
Welsh: Helyglys llydanddail

Synonyms

Chamaenerion montanum Scop.
Epilobium bonsdorffii Montell
Epilobium collinum var. saxatile Payot
Epilobium glabrum Gilib.
Epilobium hypericifolium Tausch
Epilobium laeve Royle
Epilobium larambergianum F.W.Schultz
Epilobium montanum f. albiflorum E.S.Marshall
Epilobium montanum f. cordifolium Sennen
Epilobium montanum f. verticillatum (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) E.S.Marshall
Epilobium montanum subsp. hypericifolium (Tausch) Čelak.
Epilobium montanum var. alternifolium Hausskn.
Epilobium montanum var. minus Wimm. & Grab.
Epilobium montanum var. ozanonis (F.W.Schultz) Rouy & E.G.Camus
Epilobium montanum var. parviflorum Wahlenb.
Epilobium montanum var. saxatile (Payot) Vacc.
Epilobium montanum var. subcordatum Hausskn.
Epilobium montanum var. sylvaticum (Boreau) Merino
Epilobium montanum var. thellungianum H.Lév.
Epilobium montanum var. verticillatum Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
Epilobium mutabile Wender.
Epilobium nutans G.Don
Epilobium ozanonis F.W.Schultz
Epilobium perramosum Schur
Epilobium radicans Hausskn.
Epilobium sylvaticum Boreau
Epilobium sylvaticum var. sessilifolium Sennen
Epilobium sylvestre Dierb.
Epilobium verticillatum Schur

Flowers

In flower: June to August (from 350 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Kai Löhr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Irene Saltini, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Valentin Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ульяна Ярцева, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.