What is this plant?
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Anyway... I'd like to know what it is. A friend said she thought it was an herb, but I don't remember which one, and she wasn't sure. I took it to my local nursery. They are looking, but they're not sure either. They thought it may be a variety of polemonium. When I looked for polemonium the internet, nothing I got really looked like this. Lots of similar flowers, but not with similar leaves.
Height: about 3 feet, perhaps a bit more
Leaves: Kind of scratchy feeling, but not thorny. Those at the base of the plant are larger than my hand. Near the top they are about 2".
Light: Seems to prefer shade to semi-shade
Water: Needs regular good watering and more frequently when in the sun or it flops over.
Flowers: Lavender color in clusters at/near the top of the stems. No scent that I was able to discern. Starts blooming in late May, here in Oregon. I think it kept blooming lightly through the summer, but I am not positive about that.
The plant dies away above ground completely in the winter.
TIA
~Faith
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