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Definition: Erechtites hieracifolia

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers.[Wordnet].

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Extended Definition: Erechtites hieracifolia


Erechtites hieracifolia

fireweed
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Erechtites
Species: E. hieracifolia
Binomial name
Erechtites hieracifolia

Erechtites hieracifolia (fireweed) is a plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae.

Description

Erechtites hieracifolia is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves, on thick, green stems. The flowers are yellow, borne in fall.


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