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Field Notes

Habitat:

Roadside forest, I'd guess second-growth, there was lots of Iris tenax around as well.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (15)
Ashish
Many such species find at low upto 5-20 meters above sea level to 5000 meters sea level. I saw many such herbs in India around Western ghat hills.
Behn
Also looks good, I'd GUESS wrong though because of elevation. This was at around 1600 feet, in what is basically lowland forest, the Penstemon procerus is generally found at mid to high elevations, in the subalpine zone.
Ashish
I have checked already... :) This is your flower...what I feel... http://www.pbase.com/rodg/image/73230842
Behn
and Ashish, the Penstemons and Nothochelone is actually in the family Plantaginaceae.
Behn
I've actually found Nothochelone nemorosa before, I'm pretty sure this wasn't it. Again, I wish I had photoed the rest of the plant.
Ashish
Check here.. http://www.pbase.com/rodg/figwort_family
Ashish
Amber you have reached....Scrophulariaceae herb... :)
AmberLundeen
This is probably a better match - Straw woodland beardtongue http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=NONE3&photoID=none3_005_ahp.tif
Behn
The color is good for the Venus, but according to this it doesn't occur in the spot I found it. http://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/penstemon-venustus
AmberLundeen
Venus Penstemon -Penstemon venustus http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?stat=BROWSE_IMG&query_src=photos_browseimgs_plant_com&where-genre=Plant&where-namesoup=Blue+Mountain+Penstemon&rel-namesoup=matchphrase&title_tag=Blue+Mountain+Penstemon
Behn
Another really good suggestion, I wish I had taken a pic of the leaves, but this seems really likely.
TrishPeake
coast penstemon serralatus???????????
Behn
And I'm pretty sure it's some species of Penstemon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penstemon
Behn
Hmm, I doubt it, the only Dopatrium in the US is Dopatrium junceus, which appears to not have appeared in Washington.
Ashish
Dopatrium..? Look alike Scrophulariaceae family herb...!!

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