A wildling in Scotland

[Diane Whitehead]

Oh thankyou - such a pretty plant has some uses to redeem it in our plant kingdom - it can be brewed or eaten.   

The First Nations used it here, mostly the seed fluff for weaving or padding.
Several ate the central pith in early spring.  The Haida made twine for fishing
nets from it.

It was French Canadian voyageurs who called it asperge and cooked it.

I have a little patch growing in my garden.  It has not spread much in the 20
years or so it has been there.

[David Shaw]

I think the location is the River Tay where the A9 runs alongside just to the south of Ballinluig.

[Lesley Cox]

All the Epilobiums virtually, are listed on our Bio Index as "requires assessment." They'd get a rude shock if they started to assess E. angustifolium! It would quickly be prohibited I'm sure. Years ago when one could, I brought home the white form from the UK but it didn't survive quarantine.

[shelagh]

Love this thread.  As I recall from from a holiday spent there Epilobium (Fire Weed) is the State flower of Alaska

[daveyp1970]

the best thing about willow herb is that its one of the food plants for the elephant hawk moth lovely thing