. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. OXAGRACEAE. Vol. II. Chamaenerion angustifolium (L.) Scop. Great or Spiked Willow-herb. Fire-weed. Fig. 3025. Efilohium angiislifolium L. Sp. PI. 347. 1753. C. angustifolium Scop. FI. Cam. Ed. 2, i ; 271. 1772. Epilobiiim spicatum Lara. Fl. Fr. 3: 482. 1778. Erect, rather stout, simple or branched, gla- brous or often finely pubescent above, 2°-8° liigh. Leaves altern
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. OXAGRACEAE. Vol. II. Chamaenerion angustifolium (L.) Scop. Great or Spiked Willow-herb. Fire-weed. Fig. 3025. Efilohium angiislifolium L. Sp. PI. 347. 1753. C. angustifolium Scop. FI. Cam. Ed. 2, i ; 271. 1772. Epilobiiim spicatum Lara. Fl. Fr. 3: 482. 1778. Erect, rather stout, simple or branched, gla- brous or often finely pubescent above, 2°-8° liigh. Leaves alternate, verj' short-petioled, lanceolate, entire or denticulate, 2'-6' long, 4"-i2" wide, pale beneath, acute at the apex, narrowed at the base, thin, the lateral veins confluent in marginal loops; flowers 8"-l5" broad, purple, or sometimes white, in elongated terminal spike-like racemes; bracts mostly shorter than the pedicels; petals entire; style pubescent at the base; stigma 4-lobed; capsules 2-2,' long, about i4" thick, finely canescent, at least when young; seeds about ¥' long, smooth, or nearly so, the coma long, whitish. In dry soil. Greenland to Alaska, North Carolina, Indiana, Kansas ; the Rocky Mountains to Arizona ; Pacific Coast to California. Europe and Asia. Often abundant after forest fires. French-, bay- or Persian-willow. Rose-bay. Fire-top. Burnt weed. Purple rocket. French or bay willow-herb. Indian. Sali-x), wickup. Herb-wickopy. willow. Pigweed. Blooi Sally-bloom. June-Sept. 2. Chamaenerion latifolium (L.) Sweet. Broad-leaved \\illow-herb. Fig. 3026. Epilobium latifolium L. Sp. PI. 347. I753- C. latifolium Sweet, Hort. Brit. Ed. 2, 198. 1830. Erect, usually branching, glabrate below, often quite canescent above, 6'-i8' high. Leaves mostly sessile, i'-2' long, 2"-6" wide, denticulate or entire, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acutish at both ends, thick, those of the branches opposite, the veins inconspicuous: flowers
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