Fireweed

Epilobium angustifolium L.

currently accepted name: Chamaenerion angustifolium (L.) Scop. — GBIF treats Epilobium angustifolium as a synonym; the German and English Wikipedia place the species under Chamaenerion angustifolium

Genus Epilobium. Family Onagraceae.

Fireweed — Photographs 1 — **Fireweed.**
Photo: Ivan Klumov.

Description

Chamaenerion angustifolium is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the willowherb family, Onagraceae, known as fireweed or rosebay willowherb. The reddish stems are usually simple, erect and smooth, 0.5 to 2 m high, with scattered alternate, narrowly lanceolate leaves. The inflorescence is a symmetrical terminal raceme blooming from bottom to top; the flowers are 2 to 3 cm across, with four magenta to pink petals.
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Fireweed — Photographs 4 — **Fireweed.**
Photo: Ivan Klumov.

Fireweed — Photographs 5 — **Fireweed.** Yaroslavl Oblast.
Photo: Ivan Klumov.

Fireweed — Photographs 6 — **Fireweed.** Yaroslavl Oblast.
Photo: Ivan Klumov.

Fireweed — Photographs 7 — **Fireweed.** Yaroslavl Oblast.
Photo: Ivan Klumov.

Fireweed — Photographs 8 — **Fireweed.** Yaroslavl Oblast.
Photo: Ivan Klumov.

Fireweed — Photographs 9 — **Fireweed.** Yaroslavl Oblast.
Photo: Ivan Klumov.

Fireweed — Photographs 10 — **Fireweed.** 23.07.2003.
Photo: Василия Гелюты (photo deleted by the website)

Fireweed — Photographs 11 — **Fireweed.**
Photo: Wikipedia, Bff

Fireweed — Photographs 12 — **Fireweed. Botanical illustration.**
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Fireweed

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