FIREWEED

[fire.weed] n (1784): any of several plants that grow esp. in clearings or burned districts: as a: a weedy composite (Erechtites hieracifolia) of the eastern U.S. and Canada that has clusters of brush-shaped flower heads with no ray flowers b: a tall perennial (Epilobium angustifolium) of the evening-primrose family that has long spikes of pinkish purple flowers and is an important honey plant in some areas--called also willow herb