fireweed
any of various plants appearing in recently burned clearings, as the willow herb, Epilobium angustifolium.
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At peace on solid ground, I fell in love with the electric pink fireweed that popped out of nearly every opening in the trees.
Alaska Delivers the Goods in Glacier Bay National Park | Emily Pennington | April 15, 2021 | Outside OnlineSummer insects danced on the air, and a flock of white butterflies fanned the mobile tips of the crimson fireweed.
Summer | Edith WhartonOn every side the country was bright with the purple fireweed, which had sprung up from the ashes as if by magic.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. ThompsonThe fireweed, familiar everywhere in the mountains, shone like a tongue of flame against a background of green.
Jack the Young Canoeman | George Bird GrinnellAnd everywhere in the burnt areas was the fireweed, that phœnix plant that springs up from the ashes of dead trees.
Tenting To-night | Mary Roberts Rinehart
There were great fields of fireweed, which presented masses of pink.
Canoeing in the wilderness | Henry David Thoreau
British Dictionary definitions for fireweed
/ (ˈfaɪəˌwiːd) /
any of various plants that appear as first vegetation in burnt-over areas, esp rosebay willowherb
Also called: pilewort a weedy North American plant, Erechtites hieracifolia, having small white or greenish flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
an Australian rainforest tree, Stenocarpus sinuatus, having whorls of bright red flowers
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