Identification
This native perennial grows to about three feet tall and is found in moist soils in open areas like meadows, woodland edges, and along the edges of bodies of water. It has dense spikes of pinkish purple showy, trumpet-shaped flowers that resembles those of snapdragons (A,C). Stems are square and hairless, and leaves are opposite, lance-shaped, and have serrated edges (B).
Rare in the south Fontenelle floodplain in meadows.
Also known as False Dragonhead.
The name “Obedient plant” comes from the tendency of its flowers to stay in place for a while when they are pushed.
All photos courtesy of Drew Granville.