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Posted by John Williams on May 14, 2008 at 11:51 PM
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Are these Monkey Flowers?

Thanks!
Posted by Rod Barbee on May 15, 2008 at 1:21 AM
they look to be in the same family, but I don't think they're monkey flowers. Where were they, what kind of habitat?
Posted by Slavomir Dzieciatk on May 15, 2008 at 2:36 AM
These are penstemon.
Posted by David Cobb on May 15, 2008 at 9:31 AM
Penstemon, not sure which variety.

David M. Cobb
Posted by Marc Dilley on May 15, 2008 at 9:52 AM
John: They're a Penstemon, don't know the species off hand. Monkeyflower is also in the Figwort family, but a different genus - Mimulus.
Posted by John Williams on May 15, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Thanks for the help!!!

These were growing on the side of the Columbia Gorge, where concrete from a Highway 14 tunnel joined the basalt, between Stevenson and White Salmon. I couldn't find a comp I was happy with, but they sure were pretty!