North Carolina Wildflowers

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Onagraceae > Chamerion (split from Epilobium)
	Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) St.-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec, Canada 5 Aug 2005
	Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) Watauga Co., NC 22 June 2006 Rare (State Rank = S1) in North Carolina, several of these plants were found in two locations on Beech Mt. between 4500' and 4800', both in Watauga Co.
	Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) Watauga Co., NC 22 June 2006 Formerly considered as Epilobium angustifolium, Weakley's Flora supports calling the Appalachian version Chamerion platyphyllum.
	Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) Watauga Co., NC 22 June 2006 Lower stem leaves

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.