Common Name: pilewort, fireweed, American burnweed
Scientific Name: Erechtites hieraciifolia (L.) Raf. ex DC.
Family Name: Asteraceae (Compositae) - Aster or Sunflower Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - annual, reproducing by seed

stems - erect, stout, branched, grooved or ribbed, smooth or sometimes sparsely haired growth habit 1, growth habit 2, growth habit 3, growth habit 4

leaves - alternate, elliptic to ovale, lobed pinnately, sharply and irregularly toothed, petioled or sessile leaves 1, leaves 2

flowers - heads of white to sometimes cream-colored disk (tubulate) florets, florets extend only short distant above bracts; terminal panicles, forms 'puffballs' when mature flower heads 1, flower heads 2

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