Common name
English: Marsh Willowherb
German: Rosmarin-Weidenröschen, Sand-Weidenröschen
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Myrtales (80)
Family: Onagraceae (19)(family description)
Genus: Epilobium (2)
Epithet: dodonaei Vill. (1)
Synonym: Chamaenerion halleri Sweet
dodonaei => in honor of Rembert Dodoens (1517-1585), a Flemish physician and botanist
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet, pink