Common Name -  Fireweed
	Scientific Name - Epilobium angustifolium
	Family Name -  Evening Primrose (Onagraceae)
Season	Summer perennial
Habitat	Dry areas, roadsides, fields, upland clearings.
Flower	A large plant 2 to 4 feet high. Pink flowers clustered in spikes that open from the bottom up. Individual flowers are 1 inch wide. Each flower has 4 rounded petals.
Leaves	Simple, alternate, entire or very finely toothed, lance shaped and pale beneath.
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