coiled lousewort

''Pedicularis contorta'' is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common names coiled lousewort and curved-beak lousewort. It is native to western North America, including southwestern Canada and the northwestern United States, where it grows in moist mountainous habitat, such as bogs, shady forests, and meadows. It is a perennial herb producing one or more stems up to 40 centimetres tall from a caudex. The leaves are up to 18 centimetres long, lance-shaped to oblong,.. more