FIREWEED

noun Date: 1784 any of several plants that grow especially in clearings or burned districts: as, a weedy annual composite ( Erechtites hieracifolia ) of eastern North America having flower heads of whitish tubular disk flowers enveloped by green bracts, 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