name: Fireweed

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source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Fireweed

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name_scientific: Chamerion angustifolium

description: Chamerion angustifolium, commonly known as Fireweed (mainly in North America), Great Willow-herb (some parts of Canada), or Rosebay Willowherb, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae. It is native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, including large parts of the boreal forests. This species has been placed in the genus Chamerion (sometimes, incorrectly, given as Chamaenerion) rather than Epilobium based on several morphological distinctions: spiral (rather than opposite or whorled) leaf arrangement; absence (rather than presence) of a hypanthium; subequal stamens (rather than stamens in two unequal whorls); zygomorphic (rather than actinomorphic) stamens and stigma. Under this taxonomic arrangement, Chamerion and Epilobium are monophyletic sister genera. Two subspecies are recognized as valid: Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum

itis_id: 510756

wikipedia_id: Chamerion angustifolium

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picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:42:37.000Z

legacy_id: 397

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Herbs

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:37.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:23.000Z

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export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 13055

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00365