Fireweed

  • Bloom Time: June to Aug.
  • Bloom Color: Pink
  • Height: 2 – 6 feet
  • Sun: Full
  • Soil: Medium

Epilobium angustifolium (Chamaenerion angustifolium)

Caterpillar food for:
(Hyppa brunneicrista), Black-Banded Carpet (Eustroma semiatrata), Yellow-Banded Day Sphinx (Proserpinus flavofasciata) Bedstraw Hawkmoth (Hyles gallii), Reticulated Fruitworm Moth (Cenopis reticulatana)

Butterfly food for:
Atlantis Fritillary (Speyeria atlantis), Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)

More information: Minnesota Wildflowers

Photo credit: Enrico Blasutto1, public domain

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