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          (Epilobium angustifolium)

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fireweed, great willow-herb (Epilobium angustifolium; EVENING-PRIMROSE FAMILY [Onagraceae]) Tall (3-10') perennial herbs with terminal racemes of showy magenta flowers.  Leaves usually alternate and narrowly lance-shaped, with slightly incurved edges.  Road edges and openings, including those produced by fire.  Flowers and long, narrow magenta fruits produced from mid-summer into the fall.  [091]

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