[chumley]

7000 feet, streamside blue flower. Anybody got a clue?

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[paulhubbard]

Can't help with the ID, but where is that? Looks beautiful!

[big_load]

I'll have a look tonight. I've seen it; now I just have to remember where.

[chumley]

@Paul, I'll post a triplog eventually.

@big_load, I've scoured several websites for identifying flowers, and have yet to find something that matches it. Especially those leaves! Wondering if perhaps I should be looking for flowers native to Colorado or somewhere that isn't Arizona!

[big_load]

At 7 kfeet, it's worth looking at CO. That flower is reasonably common somewhere, but exactly where hasn't hit me yet.

[RWStorm]

Found it. Monkshood (Aconitum sp)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconitum

[chumley]

I knew somebody here would know!

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Edit: apparently an Arizona Monkshood! Who knew!?

Family Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus Aconitum L. – monkshood P
Species Aconitum infectum Greene – Arizona monkshood

[chumley]

Holy crap! That plant is deadly poisonous!

From Wiki:

Poisoning may also occur following picking the leaves without wearing gloves; the aconitine toxin is absorbed easily through the skin. In this event, there will be no gastrointestinal effects. Tingling will start at the point of absorption and extend up the arm to the shoulder, after which the heart will start to be affected.

Marked symptoms may appear almost immediately, usually not later than one hour, and "with large doses death is almost instantaneous." Death usually occurs within 2 to 6 hours in fatal poisoning (20 to 40 mL of tincture may prove fatal).[14] The initial signs are gastrointestinal including nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. There is followed by a sensation of burning, tingling, and numbness in the mouth and face, and of burning in the abdomen. In severe poisonings pronounced motor weakness occurs and cutaneous sensations of tingling and numbness spread to the limbs. Cardiovascular features include hypotension, sinusbradycardia, and ventricular arrhythmias. Other features may include sweating, dizziness, difficulty in breathing, headache, and confusion. The main causes of death are ventricular arrhythmias and asystole, paralysis of the heart or of the respiratory center.[14][15] The only post-mortem signs are those of asphyxia.

Doesn't seem to be bothering that mosquito or the worm on the stem...

[big_load]

Yes, that looks right. I think I've seen different varieties, mainly in the Appalachians.

[Outdoor Lover]

That plant is deadly poisonous

I guess it's another reason to tiptoe through the Tulips. If the Fauna doesn't get you, the flora will....