fireweed Synonyms
Another word for fireweed
• noun (Context 1)
A tall perennial herbaceous flowering plant (Chamaenerion angustifolium) of the evening primrose family Onagraceae, native to temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, bearing showy terminal spikes of four-petaled magenta to pink blossoms and rapidly colonizing burned or disturbed ground.
"By mid-summer, vibrant purple spikes of willowherb covered the hillside where the forest fire had burned the previous year."
• noun (Context 2)
A coarse annual herbaceous plant (Erechtites hieraciifolius) in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to the Americas, having serrated leaves and small whitish-yellow flower heads that thrive in recently burned clearings.
"The field biologist noted that American burnweed had quickly sprouted among the charred timber following the controlled burn."