Plant Portrait

Scientific Name:

 Epilobium angustifolium (=Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium)

Common Name:

 Fireweed

Native/Alien:

 Native

Type:

 Perennial

Plant in Bloom

clump of Fireweed

about 2 miles off the Blue Ridge Parkway on the Art Loeb Trail, 17 July 2007
© Tom Harville

Closeup of Blooms

Fireweed bloom

about 2 miles off the Blue Ridge Parkway on the Art Loeb Trail, 17 July 2007
© Tom Harville

Links:

 USDA PLANTS Database Record

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