Photos of Physostegia virginiana some with Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica.

Physostegia virginiana, with Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica, False Dragonhead. Also known as obedient plant, gets its name because if you push the flowers to one side of the flowerhead, they will often stay in that one place. Other members of this genus in the mint family (Lamiaceae) behave similarly.

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