Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium ssp. canescens) is a common native perennial herb that grows in northern, southern and central California. It tends to grow in open places with gravelly soils, at elevations from 0-11000 feet and following forest fires.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

10 ft Tall

Special uses

Containers

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Sunset Zones

1, 2, 3, 4*, 5*, 6*, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

Site type

Open places with gravelly soils

Plant communities

Lodgepole Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Red Fir Forest, Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian

Hummingbirds
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 14 likely

Confirmed Likely

Fireweed Clearwing

Albuna pyramidalis

Langston's Forester

Alypia langtoni

Black-Banded Carpet

Antepirrhoe semiatrata

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana