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fireweed 
n. a plant of the genus Epilobium, especially E. angustifolium, the floral emblem of the Yukon.
See also: giant willow herb mooseweed French willow
- 1820 (1822) If the land is not directly cleared and cultivated . . . a weed they call fire-weed, springs up as rank and strong as hemp, which entirely impoverishes the land.
- 1833 (1955) A beautiful weed with a pink flower grows plentifully in the parts thus cleared--they call it fireweed here [Lower Canada].
- 1905 The weird relics of tall, blackened poles and the accompaniment of tangled stems that lie in thick confusion among the rocky outcrops, sparse grass and bushes, and luxuriant fireweed, made the scene rather desolate. . . .
- 1965 Yukon's Fireweed blooms like the heather in late northern spring.
- 1820 (1822) If the land is not directly cleared and cultivated . . . a weed they call fire-weed, springs up as rank and strong as hemp, which entirely impoverishes the land.