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ROSEBAY WILLOWHERB, SCOTTISH PINK WILDFLOWER, SCOTLAND

Rosebay Willowherb is a handsome perennial is commonly found in waste ground and urban gap sites throughout Scotland. It also enjoys damp woods and rocky places.As well as seeding on the wind, each plant develops an extensive root system by which it can quickly establish a dense mass on a piece of waste ground turning the area into a pink sea of florescence.

Scottish Pink Wildflower, Rosebay Willoherb, Wildflowers of Scotland, Scotland
Rosebay Willowherb

It adopted the nickname ‘bomb weed’ during the war as it was the often the first plant toestablish on a bombsite. ‘Angustifolium’ means narrow-leaved. The name is derived from theflowers’ passing resemblance to rose flowers, and the leaves’ resemblance to bay leaves.

Scottish Pink Wildflower, Rosebay Willowherb, Wildflowers of Scotland, Scotland
Angustifolium

It has been placed in the genus Chamerion ‘Angustifolium’.The height is 30-120cm and found around July and Septemper month.

Scottish Pink Wildflower, Rosebay Willowherb, Wildflowers of Scotland, Scotland
Rosebay Willowherb / Scottish Pink Wildflower 






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