FIREWEED

Class: Epilobium angustifolium

Family: EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY

Sub Family: Onagraceae

Year: Perennial

Other Names: Willow Weed, Great Willowherb

Colour: Purple-rose

Height: 30 cm-2 m (1-7')

Each Flower: Up to 2.5 cm (1") across with 4 egg-shaped petals, broad end outermost; 8 stamens, shorter than pistil which terminates in 4-lobed crook-like stigma; 4 marrow, pointed sepals almost same colour as petals, flower borne on long, tubular pinkish ovary; lower flowers may be in seed as upper ones bloom

Leaves: Many, long, narrow, willow-like, up to 5 cm (2"), arranged haphazardly up stem

Stems: Strong, usually unbranched

Blooming Period: June - August

Habitat: Waste places, burns, roadsides, in less dry areas at most elevations to sub-alpine

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