great willow herb

noun

either of two tall, large-flowered willow herbs, Epilobium angustifolium or E. hirsutum.

On burnt grounds: Epilobium angustifolium, in full bloom, (great willow-herb); and Erechthites hieracifolia (fire-weed).

Epilobium angustifolium (great willow-herb), great fields on burnt lands; some white at Webster Stream.

The fourth tall flower is the flea-bane, and the fifth the great willow-herb.

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