Rose bay willowherb
Chamerion angustifolium
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Wild flowers
Tall, upright annual with elongate straplike leaves that alternate and project approximately at right-angles to the stem; leaves without stem. Flowers arise from terminal spike; rose-pink in colour; cruciform with 4 petals that are not notched distally; stamen long and projecting.
Common in waste ground under the cut-leaf beech.