Texas Gardening: Todd needs assistance with this plant's ID, 1 by htop

htop wrote:
I as well as others have been searching for this plant's ID for Todd_Boland. He states: " I seem to recall this one had a rosettes of leaves with a leafless stalk about 2 feet tall. I would guess it is in the figwort family...flowers sort of remind me of a penstemon." and "The individual flowers are about an inch across...much larger than any verbena I've ever seen. They were growing by a roadside at Lake Corpus Christi. There were lots around there." Please go to the Plant ID Forum to add any comments so that the information is kept in one place. This plant has wonderful blooms.

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