fireweed

Noun

• an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Erechtites hieracifolia , giant willowherb , rosebay willowherb , wickup , Epilobium angustifolium