rosebay willowherb BrE
fireweed AmE
chamerion angustifolium latin

Rosebay Willowherb flourishes in one corner and its spread is controlled.

The caterpillars mine the leaves of Rosebay Willowherb.

Plants can also thrive on the poor soils, from purple rosebay willowherb to yellow groundsels and dandelions.

Four foxes lay senseless on the ground, half in and half out of the clump of rosebay willowherb.

The hares sipped gratefully at the fragrant rosebay willowherb tea, nibbling at this and that.

Bluebell, wood avens, foxgloves and rosebay willowherb are in leafy growth; I bet the cold spell has come as a shock to them.

Behind the house a screen of tall weeds hemlock and wormwood and rosebay willowherb - hid the abandoned allotment.

Rosebay willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium)

Rosebay Willowherb was voted the County flower of London in 2002 following a poll by the wild plant conservation charity Plantlife.

There is Cow Parsley, Common Nettle and Rosebay Willowherb.

Also recorded are Foxglove, Rosebay Willowherb and flowerings of the rare Martagon Lily.

Epilobium angustifolium - Fireweed, Rosebay Willowherb; yanagiran (Japanese)

The eastern bank has extensive brambles with clumps of blackthorn and hawthorn, and herbs such as rosebay willowherb and michaelmas daisy.

Substantial numbers of families lived in 'pre-fabs', flat-roofed boxes made of asbestos sheeting, while rosebay willowherb flowered in purple patches across the untouched bomb sites.

One of the most frequently recognized members of the genus is the circumboreal Fireweed (E. angustifolium), known as Rosebay Willowherb in the United Kingdom.

In highlighted places, on meadows, and along roads, there occurs: spotted orchid, bugleweed, yellow archangel, arnica montana, sword-leaved helleborine, rosebay willowherb, groundsel, and foxglove.

Extract from the diary of Tun Churchmouse, Recorder of Redwall Abbey: It is the summer of the Rosebay Willowherb!

Due to its pioneering properties rosebay willowherb was used by Terry Pratchett in his fictional Discworld novel Sourcery as the nearest comparative Roundworld flower to Sapient pearwood.

Wild flowers are also in abundance around the woods, and include Common Knapweed, Harebell, Rosebay Willowherb, Heather, Bluebell, Woodanemone, Yellow archangel, Snowdrops and Honeysuckle.

The only flower that did grow in abundance was fireweed (rosebay willowherb), which grew rapidly in the years after the war to cover the bomb sites with its purple flowers and to fill the air with its cottony wisps of seeds.)

In breeding habitat in SE England today, it shows a strong preference for rank herbaceous vegetation in proximity to taller bushes and at two current breeding sites, favours rich wasteland with a profusion of rosebay willowherb, cow parsley and nettle.

These measures have not been entirely successful; areas that have been burnt are susceptible to invasion by Rosebay Willowherb, Epilobium angustifolium, while crushed areas have been colonised by the alien invasive Heath Star Moss, Campylopus introflexus.

More evidence is needed to rate the effectiveness of fireweed for these uses.

Meadows were filled with the brilliant red bloom of fireweed.

At this time there is not enough scientific information to determine an appropriate range of doses for fireweed.

If "Fireweed" were a novel it would end here, leaving us breathless with relief.

They rode through a stand of fireweed, the flowers in full and glorious bloom.

The recovery from the fires began almost immediately, with plants such as fireweed appearing in a matter of days after a fire had passed.

He worked especially on cytoplasmic inheritance in mosses and fireweed.

Fields of purple fireweed turn to gold seemingly overnight.

Right smart-sized islands blossomin' like fireweed, and where it's warm, too.

The appropriate dose of fireweed depends on several factors such as the user's age, health, and several other conditions.

Her writing has also been published by periodicals including Fireweed, Xtra!

As "Fireweed" shows, the road there was unpaved.

She had worked out her feelings toward everything she wrote about, she said, but parts of "Fireweed" were painful to remember and record.

In Alaska, candy, syrups, fruit preserves, and even ice cream are made from fireweed.

Other common names include Madagascar groundsel and fireweed.

The ridge provides magnificent vistas with a grass land with fireweed flowers.

During the first two years, grasses, heaths and herbaceous plants such as fireweed will be abundant.

Nearby, mosses, rushes, willows and fireweed were growing from the glacial rubble.

In summertime, the roadsides here blossom with lilacs and purple fireweed.

"I can find some fireweed," Justin said.

Did Blödhgarm pack any fireweed in the saddlebags?

He'd never imagined preparing salves over an open fire, using fireweed oil and soot as binding agents.

Because fireweed can colonize disturbed sites, even following an old oil spill, it is often used to reestablish vegetation.

Erechtites hieracifolia (fireweed) is a plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae.

In clearings in the forest, shrubs and wildflowers are common, such as the fireweed.

Chamerion angustifolium ssp.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Chamerion angustifolium, Epilobium hirsutum, Epilobium montanum, Epilobium palustre and Oenothera species, but Epilobium hirsutum is the main food plant.

The larvae feed on Circaea x intermedia, Circaea lutetiana, Chamerion angustifolium, Epilobium collinum, Epilobium hirsutum, Epilobium montanum and Epilobium parviflorum.

Many of the species which are firmly established within the reserve have either been deliberately introduced, such as Berula erecta, Chamerion angustifolium, and Ranunculus bulbosus, or have been accidentally introduced, such as L. thyrsiflora, Mimulus luteus, Urtricularia minor, and Elodea canadensis, from the adjacent canal.