Epilobium

UPDATE: In a comment, Mariana from History of Greek Food pointed out that Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) is “found in the higher elevations of the Rhodope Mountains” where the shoots and leaves are eaten boiled.

Archive 2008-05-01 Laurie Constantino 2008

Epilobium angustifolium is also found in the higher elevations of Rhodopi mountains.

How to Harvest Fireweed Shoots with Recipe for Fireweed Shoot Omelet Laurie Constantino 2008

UPDATE: In a comment, Mariana from History of Greek Food pointed out that Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) is “found in the higher elevations of the Rhodope Mountains” where the shoots and leaves are eaten boiled.

How to Harvest Fireweed Shoots with Recipe for Fireweed Shoot Omelet Laurie Constantino 2008

I'm trying to learn the names of things in my back yard -- Epilobium, Black Phoebe, Coyote Brush, Cape Honeysuckle, Sticky-Monkey Flower, Old Man Sage.

Michelle Howard: Dictionary Removes Beaver, Replaces With Blog and Blackberry 2009

A strong boreal element is typical of this ecoregion, characterized by such species as dwarf birch Betula glandulosa (I) and fireweed Epilobium angustifolium.

Waterton Lakes National Park, Canada 2008

Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) found in the subalpine forest ecoregion of Waterton Lakes National Park.

Waterton Lakes National Park, Canada 2008

Surface material deposits from glaciers and icefields form moraines which are colonized by lichens and mosses, horsetail Equisetum sp., willows Salix spp., fire weed Epilobium sp., and mountain avens Dryas drummondii.

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, United States 2008

These include McCann's skink (Oligosoma maccanni), various encrusting lichens, small cushion plants (Raoulia spp.), willowherbs (Epilobium spp.), and prostrate shrubs like Muehlenbeckia axillaries.

Cantebury-Otago tussock grasslands 2007

The alpine habitat above 4,000 m consists of compact herbs such as Ranuculus, Potentilla, Gentiana, and Epilobium, the grasses Poa and Deschampsia, and bryophytes and lichens.

Central Range sub-alpine grasslands 2007

Rosebay willow-herb (Epilobium angustifolium) (another Ninja)

Organic gardening: Weed control 2007