Common Name: Columbian Monkshood

USDA lists two subspecies only one iS found in WA state.
ssp. columbianum: Columbian Monkshood; Found w NA
ssp. viviparum: Columbian monkshood; Found in OR and CA

Note the unique shape of the flower, five petals which unfold with the upper petal in the shape of a monk's hood or duck bill. Generally dark purple, or creme white. Leaves are maple like, sharp toothed. Grows near wet areas, streams at mid-elevations.

east Central Cascades; east North Cascades
TRAILS: Lake Ingalls; Maples Pass
HABITAT: stream; wet areas in montane forest
ELEVATION: 1,375 m (4,510 ft.); 1,490 m (4,885 ft.)
BLOOM TIME: 01-AUG; 17-AUG