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ID Please

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Posted by Skip Layman on January 15, 2013 at 6:07 PM
ID Please
I know it is a member of the mint family. Photographed on Mt Rainier.
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 16, 2013 at 12:11 AM
Looks like some variety of SALVIA.
Sandy
Posted by Richard Lee on January 16, 2013 at 11:33 AM
Skip, it looks like a Great Hedge Nettle (Stachys cooleyae) Mint Family (Lamiaceae) and the range matches. However you didn't mention the time of year it was flowering or habitat, so my ID is just a guess.
Posted by Skip Layman on January 16, 2013 at 4:49 PM
Thanks Richard. Some searching led me to confirm your ID. It is Stachys cooleyae, sometimes called Coastal Hedge Nettle.
Blooms June-Aug. This was taken early August.