Plectritis congesta
Valerianaceae
Sea Blush
Erect slender stems with clasping leaves. Leaves widely oval, with rounded or pointed tips. Inflorescence is a round cluster of pink to dark pink flowers at stem top. Flowers tubular, divided at opening to 5 same-colored unequal lobes with no spots, spur at back very short, slender with wider rounded tip, turned to inside of cluster. Grows in coastal bluffs or partly shaded spring-wet slopes from coastline to mid elevations. Often forms large showy patches.
- Rarity: Locally Common
- Flowering Time: Late Spring
- Flower Form: 5 United Petals, Ovary Inferior
- Life Cycle: Annual
- Height: 4–22 inches
- Habitat: Coastal, Vernal Wet
- Found In: Columbia Basin, N Cascades NP, Olympic NP, Siskiyous, West Gorge
- Native: Yes
- Also Known As: Short-Spurred Plectritis
