Plant ID help needed please

[Smudge]

It's about 3-4ft tall, hairy stem no flower that I've noticed I have an embarressing feeling I should know it or I did once :

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So any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.

 

[Leiflet]

Well, I'm not certain, but it looks willowherb-ish to me.

Cheers,
Leif

 

[Mesquite]

Looks like it could be Rosebay Willow Herb

 

[Harvestman]

I'd say rosebay willowherb, aka fireweed (because it is often first to colonise areas that have been burned).

Marginally edible, with a strong peppery taste, but a bit tough.

 

[Niels]

If it is Rosebay willowherb, you can supposedly use the down uncharred with a flint and steel.

 

[Toddy]

I keep being told that it makes good cordage, but I've never managed anything decent from it.
Old dried out stems are called fire crackle. The roughly broken tubes are great at drawing a fire.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Goatboy]

+1 to what the guys say, Rosebay Willowherb, with some nettles thrown in. Classic colonisers of disturbed ground.

Used to use it as arrows as kids if playing cowboys and Indians.

 

[Smudge]

Not sure if its rosebay willowherb, the stem is a greeny colour and hairy not something I've ever associated with rosebay willowherb......although the leaf vien structure is reminiscent......

 

[Chiseller]

Toothed leaves say to me....GreatWillow Herb....

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[Harvestman]

I'm going to agree with Chiseller after checking my plants book. Rosebay willowherb has alternate leaves, and the plant in the pictures has opposite leaves, like greater willowherb.

I think it is greater willowherb, Epilobium hirsutum

 

[Smudge]

Toothed leaves say to me....GreatWillow Herb....

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Cheers bud a cross comparison looks like it's exactly that :You_Rock_