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\"Upper<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Family:<\/strong> Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)<\/p>\n

Genus:<\/strong> Epilobium<\/em> | Species:<\/strong> angustifolium<\/em><\/p>\n

Description:<\/strong> This 2 to 6-ft. tall plant has a showy flower that is often the subject of many of Maine’s postcards and calendar photos. It has a terminal, spike-like cluster of deep pink\/light purple flowers and narrow willow-like leaves on a tall stem. The flowers–very popular with bumblebees, hummingbirds, and hummingbird moths<\/em>–are about an inch wide and have four spreading petals. There are eight stamens and a four-parted stigma at the tip of the style. The leaves are up to eight inches long, lanceolate to linear. [hardy <\/strong>perennial]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Habitat:<\/strong> Roadsides, recently cleared woodlands (especially burned-over areas, which is how it got its name);<\/p>\n

In Bloom:<\/strong> July – August<\/p>\n

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A hummingbird moth drinking nectar from a fireweed flower (the moths resemble small hummingbirds) (also called sphinx moths)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Photos by C. Armstrong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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