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1. Kristina Plaas says:

   July 25, 2014 at 7:38 am

   This is Green Gentian (Frasera speciosa), also known as Monument Plant for obvious reasons — it’s huge! can you believe this towering plant is related to the little blue and purple gentians that bloom in the Smokies and Blue Ridge in September? Yeah, me neither!

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   • Holly Ritger says:

     July 25, 2014 at 5:23 pm

     Thanks so much for the ID Kristina! I had narrowed it down to Green Gentian and a couple other similar tall spike flowers. There is a great variety of tall spike flowers in the Rockies! I hope your summer is going well at Clingman’s Dome in the Smokies.

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