| Accepted name: |
Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub ssp. angustifolium |
| Synonym(s): |
-Chamaenerion angustifolium (L.) Scop.
-Chamerion spicatum (Lam.) S.F. Gray
-Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub
-Epilobium angustifolium var. intermedium (Lange) Fern.
-Epilobium angustifolium L.
-Epilobium angustifolium L. ssp. circumvagum Mosq.
-Epilobium spicatum Lam.
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| English names: |
Fireweed
Fireweed
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| French names: |
Épilobe à feuilles étroites
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HCHAANA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Powdered inner cortex rubbed on the hands and face to protect them from the cold during the winter. Infusion of roots and inner cortex given to babies as an enema for constipation(*11). Infusion of bark applied as poultice for pain anywhere in the body. Compound infusion of roots taken for kidneys or for male urination problems. Poultice of smashed roots applied to swollen knees (*8)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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