Short-fruited Willowherb
Epilobium obscurum
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Wild flowers
Short, upright annual with soft, hairless, ovate leaves that are paired and lie approximately at right-angles to the stem; leaves without stem. Stem and leaves green and stem with two or three fine vertical ridges. Flowers cruciform with 4 petals that are lobed distally; pink; style simple and club-shaped. Seed pods long with well-developed stalk.
Common in waste ground everywhere.