“Obedient Plant” -- Afternoon at the Garden

in the Eastern North America section. UC Botanical Garden. Berkeley.

 

I finally got the correct ID from the horticulturist in charge of this plant at the university garden! Thanks, Jared!

Read more here:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physostegia_virginiana

 

So, forget "beardtongue" and "penstemon" (look alikes).

Done