fireweed

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A perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae
Perennial wildflower (Epilobium angustifolium) of the evening-primrose family. Its spikes of whitish to magenta flowers, which grow up to 5 ft (1.5 m) high, can be a spectacular sight on prairies of the temperate zone. Its seeds can lie dormant for many years, awaiting the warmth necessary for germination. Fireweed is one of the first plants to appear after a forest or brush fire; it also rapidly covers scrub or woodland areas that have been cleared by machine. It has limited use in wild gardens, where it must be carefully checked and confined
An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned
The great willow-herb (Epilobium spicatum)
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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