VSO is a good amateur botanist. When she is with me in the field, we often spend time on wildflower identification. We were out yesterday, and I was eager to show her this one (below). From a distance, it seems to be a purple spire but, if you look closely, each tiny flower-let has a round head and long trunk: The head of an elephant. (The picture also shows the white tuft of the American bistort, but we'll save that for another day.)
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