We came upon this while hiking in Lynn Headwaters. Does anyone know what it is? It sort of resembles a hosta but it is wild, just growing on the side of the trail. Only saw it in the one spot.
This plant was available at Free Spirit Nursery in Langley last summer if you're looking. I got one myself and it's doing wonderfully.
Common in the mountains, sporadic in the lowlands - where it can be quite tall. Characteristic of moist places. Tassels of tiny starry flowers can be a letdown after the impressive foliage. Old World species V. album and V. nigrum are more garden-worthy, the latter "One of the rarest and most striking of garden plants" (Thomas, Perennial Garden Plants)
Thanks everyone! Once I had "hellebore" I was able to research it, too. Very pretty, but apparently very poisonous. One article I looked at said the West Coast Natives used it to commit suicide!
