PLANTS Profile for Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum (fireweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub ssp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Hoch
fireweed

Symbol:

CHANC

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Onagraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Photo of Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub ssp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Hoch

Chamerion danielsii

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub ssp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Hoch

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Synonyms:
Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub ssp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Hoch

	CHANC2	Chamaenerion angustifolium (L.) Scop. ssp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Moldenke
	CHANC3	Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub var. canescens (Alph. Wood) N.H. Holmgren & P.K. Holmgren
	CHDA2	Chamerion danielsii D. Löve
	CHPL4	Chamerion platyphyllum (Daniels) Á. Löve & D. Löve
	EPANC	Epilobium angustifolium L. ssp. circumvagum Mosquin
	EPANM	Epilobium angustifolium L. ssp. macrophyllum (Hausskn.) Hultén
	EPANA2	Epilobium angustifolium L. var. abbreviatum (Lunell) Munz
	EPANC2	Epilobium angustifolium L. var. canescens Alph. Wood
	EPANM2	Epilobium angustifolium L. var. macrophyllum (Hausskn.) Fernald
	EPANP2	Epilobium angustifolium L. var. platyphyllum (Daniels) Fernald

Distribution:
Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub ssp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Hoch


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub ssp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Hoch

View 13 genera in Onagraceae, 2 species in Chamerion, 2 subspecies in Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub

Classification:
Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub ssp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Hoch

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Onagraceae – Evening Primrose family
Genus	Chamerion Raf. ex Holub – fireweed
Species	Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub – fireweed
Subspecies	Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub ssp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Hoch – fireweed

More Accounts and Images:
Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub ssp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Hoch

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 566020.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 04:49 PM CDT