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rosebay willowherb

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Noun1.rosebay willowherb - tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearingsrosebay willowherb - tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant
Epilobium angustifolium, fireweed, giant willowherb, wickup
Epilobium, genus Epilobium - large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas
willowherb - a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs
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Rosebay willowherb, renowned for its phoenix-like capacity to rise out of ashes on a derelict site is the fireweed that sets the scene orally and visually, taking the strain of the passing of the age of steam.
Romantic, forgotten world of steam rail by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Cord moss's window of opportunity is already closing, with a taller, more robust pyrophile - rosebay willowherb - annexing its territory.
Country diary by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Overall, weeding is a fine balance between spraying perennials (such as marestail, rosebay willowherb, docks), hoeing annual weeds and flame-throwing the gravel.
your garden: Good meadow winner; Relax and let your inhibitions run ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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