Plant Description:

• A very noticeable roadside flower, growing up to 150 cm
• Sword-shaped leaves that are opposite from each other, with prominent mid-veins
• Pinkish-purple flowers in a long, loose spike
• Cattle find this plant appetizing - it contains an abundance of honey
• High in vitamins A and C
• Can be made into a tea
• Occurs along roadsides and in wet areas; tends to colonize quickly after fires, hence its name
• Territorial flower of the Yukon
• Found at Stop 9

 

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-Sourced from Budd's Flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces, 1979 and
Plants of the Western Boreal Forest & Aspen Parkland, 1995.
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