BTG, it appears this is a nectar plant, but can also be a host for Baltimores that have overwintered as cats, but in a very limited area in Texas - northeast - where it is rare.

I found info on Dave's Garden, and it is a beautiful plant. But it is parasitic, needing another plant to feed off in order to sustain itself. If you have a patch already growing, it's probably not an issue for you. Keep an eye on it, and let us know.

Susan

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Here is a little patch of Pedicularis that is growing on my property down by the draw. The ones across the street by the monster draw seem a little different, or they have two different types of leaves on the same plant, and it was one of those that was sending up a bloom stalk. I don't know which species these are, but they are locally abundant. I read that they are semi parasitic.

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What are your trees or shrubs?

Gorgeous photo of Wood Betony. Can't remember if I planted the seeds of mine or not. I hope I did. I didn't keep very good track this year.

Susan

I think it is sweetleaf or horsesugar, but I'm not positive, there are a bunch of small ones less than five feet, but this one is the size of small/medium sized tree.
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I had planned on going across the street to get a pic of the wood betony over there, but I was already too worn out. LOL.

Any ideas what this one, in the link, might be?

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This link has lots of cool pictures.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pedicularis pictures

Do you have some bulbs, tubers or corms planted there? Looks similar to canna. Since you are in a much warmer zone than me, they could be coming up.

Anyone else have any ideas?

Susan

I haven't planted anything in that area; I think I'll probably leave this area all natives and diversify it down the road. It is in the thickest woods on my property where the draw splits and and winds forming some cool areas.

Maybe if I'm really lucky it will turn out to be some type of native orchid, but I sort of doubt that this what these are.

I only saw one butterfly this time up there, it was flying high, I think it was some sort of swallowtail.

There are jack in the pulpits in the area, but I haven't seen any on my property, but I just started going there once the had already started to die down from the heat last year.