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Definitions of fireweed in various dictionaries:
noun - tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings
noun - an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers
Any of various plants of the genus Epilobium, especially E.
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Growth in a recently burned clearing |
Yukon official flower |
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Dec 14 2015 Canadiana |
Sep 7 2001 New York Times |
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a plant that springs up on burnt land, especially the rosebay willowherb. |
A plant that springs up on burnt land, especially the rosebay willowherb. |
Any of various plants of the genus Epilobium, especially E. angustifolium, having long, terminal, spikelike clusters of pinkish-purple flowers. Also called willow herb. |
Any of several weedy North American plants of the genus Erechtites, having small white or greenish flowers grouped in discoid heads. |
an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers |
tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings an important honey plant |
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Chamaenerion angustifolium, commonly known in North America as fireweed, in some parts of Canada as great willowherb, and in Britain as rosebay willowherb, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae. It is also known by the synonyms Chamerion angustifolium and Epilobium angustifolium. It is native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, including large parts of the boreal forests. * This species has been placed in the genus Chamaenerion (sometimes given as Chamerion) rather than Epilobium based on several morphological distinctions: spiral (rather than opposite or whorled) leaf arrangement; absence (rather than presence) of a hypanthium; subequal stamens (rather than stamens in two unequal whorls); zygomorphic (rather than actinomorphic) stamens and stigma. Under this taxonomic arrangement, Chamaenerion and Epilobium are monophyletic sister genera.Two subspecies are recognized as valid: * Chamaenerion angustifolium subsp. angustifolium * Chamaenerion angustifo |