Question: This plant is in a milkweed patch and I thought it was a milkweed because of its leaves. It is …
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Question
This plant is in a milkweed patch and I thought it was a milkweed because of its leaves. It is about five feet tall and there is a shorter version elsewhere in the garden. It has tiny white flowers that no insect seems interested in so possibly not native? It got bushy as it got taller. East slopes of the Berkshires, relatively sunny location. There is a purple monkshood in background
Answer
Dear CarolBEE, you have photographed a species of Epilobium (willow-herb). It is most likely Epilobium ciliatum subsp. ciliatum (fringed willow-herb), which is a native member of the evening-primrose family. These are beautiful flowers, despite their small size.
