Banner for Beringia Website

 

Epilobium angustifolium

Central Alaskan Yup’ik: ciilqaaq (widespread)
Russian: иван-чай узколиистный (ivan-chai uzkolistny)
English: tall fireweed

Image
Epilobium angustifolium
Photo by Kevin Jernigan

 

 Central Alaskan Yup’ik:
The flowers can be gathered in the late summer to make jam.  In some villages, people pick the young tender shoots in the spring and eat them in salads, or with seal oil.