NOUN | plant | wickup, fireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, Epilobium angustifolium | tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks / rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings |
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Meaning | tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks / 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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Synonyms | fireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, Epilobium angustifolium | |
Member of | Epilobium, genus Epilobium | large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas |
Broader | willowherb | A plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs |
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