white flower...hyssop?

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  1. allelopath

    allelopath Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Can anyone id this flower, please?
    it has 3 lower petals, and then one above these.

    In northern New Mexico, USA in the Sangre de Cristo mountains on the east fork of the Red River at about 9500 ft (3000m)
     

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  2. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Pedicularis.
     
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    allelopath Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    thanks for you expertise
    i guess specifically it is Pedicularis racemosa, Sickletop Lousewort
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    This genus is native up here as well.
     
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