[pnwflowers.com] Description, Habitat: Ascending. Stems branched. Lower leaves lance-shaped, long, pointed; upper leaves wider, divided into 3 to 7 lobes with brightly-colored or white tips. Inflorescence consists of a dense spike of bracts surrounding flowers. Flowers yellow with purple or red tips, or purple with lower tip yellow; beak straight. Grows in coastal salt marshes. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
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