Pacific Northwest Gardening: Plant ID, 0 by WILLIEB

WILLIEB wrote:
A couple common names for this flower. Yes, I call it a flower! I love them. Yes, I have some. One way of controlling them is to pull up what you don't want when they are small, or before they bloom.

Giant poor man's orchid. There is a smaller one that I had when I lived in Auburn Wa. They never went farther than my very small yard.

Are also called policeman's helmet.

At one time, I had a friend who had a few of them that were striped!

There are wild ones that grow along streams that are yellow!!

Here is a pix of one of mine...