Fireweed
Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub - Evening Primrose family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 6.0 feet
Plant Type: Forb/herb
Features
Flower Color: White, Pink, Purple
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds
Larval Species depending on Fireweed: Acronicta oblinita, Albuna pyramidalis, Alypia langtoni, Amphion floridensis, Androloma maccullochii, Eudryas unio, Eupithecia subfuscata, Hyles gallii, Hyles lineata, Mompha communis, Mompha conturbatella, Mompha sexstrigella, Peridroma saucia, Proserpinus flavofasciatus, Scythris magnatella, Scythris noricella, Spargania luctuata, Spargania magnoliata, Stilbosis ostryaeella, Trichodezia albovittata, Utetheisa bella
Native Range
- USA: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
- DEN: Greenland
- MEX: Mexico Northeast
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.