Northwest Native Plants  Fireweed 

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Fireweed -epilobium angustifolium

Appearance

  • Flowers: bright purple-pink with tissue like appearance
  • Lance like leaves on the stem
  • Grows to be 1 to 2.5 m. feet tall
 Fireweed

Habitat

  • Common throughout Pacific northwest
  • Some grow on dead tree stumps
  • Meadows and burned areas
 Fireweed

Growth Habit

  • Spreads using underground root system
  • Perrenial herb
 Fireweed

Natural History

  • Fireweed (full grown) is over 1m tall
  • One of the first plants to grow back in burned sites.