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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: Kain on July 24, 2011, 12:49:01 PM

Title: Flower ID
Post by: Kain on July 24, 2011, 12:49:01 PM: Got up at 3:30 so I could head into the wood in the dark. Made it to the top of the hill just as the sun was peaking over the horizon. 10 miles on the mountain bike by 11am.

What is this flower called? There were tons of them up there.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi406.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fpp150%2FNaithankain%2Fhunting%25202011%2FFlowerinthemorning-2.jpg&hash=616f5d83d3dcf6948f499a0ecaef73a017eeecb5)
Title: Re: Flower ID
Post by: quadrafire on July 24, 2011, 12:56:11 PM: My guess would be Foxglove

Don't eat it!!
Title: Re: Flower ID
Post by: steen on July 24, 2011, 01:31:25 PM: Yes it is foxglove and yes it is poisonous!
Title: Re: Flower ID
Post by: rasbo on July 24, 2011, 01:43:09 PM: frigging sneeze pods....foxglove
Title: Re: Flower ID
Post by: halflife65 on July 24, 2011, 01:52:03 PM: foxglove for sure.
Title: Re: Flower ID
Post by: Kain on July 24, 2011, 05:15:46 PM: Thanks guys. I looked them up and sounds like a very nasty plant to have running wild here in Washington. I hope the wildlife are not eating them.
Title: Re: Flower ID
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on July 24, 2011, 07:22:00 PM: It is also an important pharmaceutical - Digitalis is both the genus of foxglove, and the heart medication made from it. Used to treat cardiac arrhythmia and congestive heart failure.