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Chamerion latifolium. Also River Beauty. Formerly Epilobium latifolium. An apparently entirely edible plant with a taste resembling spinach. National flower of Greenland. Family Onagraceae.
AKA: River beauty, Broad-leaved willowherb, Broadleaved fireweed, Red willowherb, Arctic fireweed
Synonym: Epilobium latifolium, Chamaenerion latifolium, Chamerion subdentatum, Chamaenerion subdentatum
It is the national flower of Greenland!
More info: wikipedia, USDA PLANTS Database
Location: Seward Highway (Highway 1) and Twenty Mile River. (Between Girdwood & Whittier) Southeast of Anchorage, Alaska
river beauty, Chamerion latifolium, Lamoille Canyon, Ruby Mountains, Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest, elevation 2300 m (7550 ft)
Scanned slide.This Eyrarrós (Arctic Riverbeauty) grows in a crack between thwo basalt columns (stuðlaberg) near the road to Kerlingarfjöll in the central wilderness in Iceland.
river beauty, Chamerion latifolium, Lamoille Canyon, Ruby Mountains, Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest, elevation 2300 m (7550 ft)
River beauty (Chamaerion latifolium) and yarrow grow along the bank of Stick Creek, Great Bear River, Northwest Territories
Dwarf Fireweed, Chamaenerion latifolium, blooming along river in arctic tundra of Gates of the Arctic National Park, Brooks Range, Alaska, USA
You can see the glacier snout in the background. This a type of fireweed... a relative of the rosebay willowherb so common here in England
Dwarf Fireweed, Chamaenerion latifolium, blooming along river in arctic tundra of Gates of the Arctic National Park, Brooks Range, Alaska, USA
Dwarf Fireweed, Chamaenerion latifolium, blooming along river in arctic tundra of Gates of the Arctic National Park, Brooks Range, Alaska, USA
We saw Arctic River Beauty on many of our stops in Greenland. Taken in Skargaard Fjord, east Greenland.
''Chamerion latifolium (formerly Epilobium latifolium) is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the English common names dwarf fireweed and river beauty willowherb. It has a circumboreal distribution, appearing throughout the northern regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including subarctic and Arctic areas such as snowmelt-flooded gravel bars and talus, in a wide range of elevations. This is a perennial herb growing in clumps of leaves variable in size, shape, and texture above a woody caudex. The leaves are 1 to 10 centimeters long, lance-shaped to oval, pointed or rounded at the tips, and hairy to hairless and waxy. The inflorescence is a rough-haired raceme of nodding flowers with bright to deep pink, and occasionally white, petals up to 3 centimeters long. Behind the opened petals are pointed sepals. The fruit is an elongated capsule which may exceed 10 centimeters in length.
This arctic plant provides valuable nutrition for the Inuit, who eat the leaves raw, boiled with fat, or steeped in water for tea, the flowers and fruits raw, and as a salad with meals of seal and walrus blubber. Every part of this plant is edible, tasting much like spinach, and is also known in the Canadian tundra as River Beauty. It is the national flower of Greenland, where it is known by the Greenlandic name niviarsiaq, which means "little girl". Taken in Skargaard Fjord, east Greenland.
Right along Hwy 3 at the south end of the tour loop, is a hidden oasis that makes a great place to stop for a picnic, or fly fish. Enjoy the Alberta scenery. The Crowsnest River takes a 12-meter tumble to the canyon below.
This beautiful flower is a relative of rosebay willowherb which is so well known in the UK. However Arctic Riverbeauty is only found in Europe growing in Iceland, where it makes a spectacular sight. In fact the display at this place was so good that the coach we were on stopped especially to let passengers off to have a look at the flowers!
AKA: River beauty, Broad-leaved willowherb, Broadleaved fireweed, Red willowherb, Arctic fireweed
Synonym: Epilobium latifolium, Chamaenerion latifolium, Chamerion subdentatum, Chamaenerion subdentatum
It is the national flower of Greenland!
More info: wikipedia, USDA PLANTS Database
Location: near the Begich, Boggs Visitor Center, Portage Lake, Southeast of Anchorage, Alaska
Also called Riverbeauty. Broad-leaved willow herb is edible and can be eaten raw, cooked or made into tea.
Found at high elevations. It's the much more common Fireweed stripped down to the bare essentials -- 4" high instead of 4'. The individual flowers are the same size, but there are only a few per plant. Here's www.flickr.com/photos/anitagould/19555601/in/set-152635/ a landscape shot with these flowers.
Formerly known as Epilobium latifolium, now reclassified as Chamerion.
Dwarf Fireweed, Chamaenerion latifolium, blooming along river in arctic tundra of Gates of the Arctic National Park, Brooks Range, Alaska, USA
Dwarf Fireweed, Chamaenerion latifolium, blooming along river in arctic tundra of Gates of the Arctic National Park, Brooks Range, Alaska, USA
Also known as broad-leaved willow herb or River Beauty. Common in northern part of BC alpine areas. Recommended as an emergency food. There were lots of these blooming along the sides of the road at the summit.
Another uncommon flower in Calgary, Weaselhead Natural Area, Evening-primrose Family, Onagraceae, 2008 13 Aug_2521acr
Here you can see Eyrarrós. (Epilobium latifolium, Arctic Riverbeauty) Those beautiful flowers can be found in dry areas on isolated places up in the highlands.
This is an American plant, but Iceland is the only European country where it lives.
This photo is taken on Sprengisandur near a hill named Hnakkalda.