Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Elephant's Head Lousewort (Bull Elephant's Head)

Pedicularis groenlandica - Locally common, midsummer, perennial, 8-32 in. Single or cluster of erect stems, hairless. Basal leaves 1-10 in. long, lance-shaped, divided, with more than 25 linear toothed segments, smallest along stem. Inflorescence consists of a long spike; lower leafy bracts equal in length to flowers. Flowers light pink to darkish purple, without markings, upper hood curved down and swinging outward, looks much like elephant trunk, lower lip with spreading ear-like lobes. Grows in wet meadows, seeps, stream banks, at low to high elevations. Native.