Thank you. I'll check into that one and see if this is it. And will definitely not remove one next time! We have quite a few.
I don't think so. They have no foliage and are small slender stalks covered with these flowers. The one in the photo is laying on a 4" square...
I live at about 4000 foot elevation near Mount Lassen in Shasta County California. Every spring we have quite a few of these unusual spikes come...