fireweed

Noun
  1. Tall North American perennial with creeping 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 (synset 112363015)
    is a type of: willowherb - a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs
    belongs to: epilobium, genus epilobium - large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas
    same as: epilobium angustifolium, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup
  2. An American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers (synset 111985687)
    is a type of: weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
    belongs to: genus erechtites - coarse herbs with whitish discoid flower heads and silky pappus
    same as: erechtites hieracifolia

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