For a friend.

[Nytr013]

My wife's friend asked me what this was. I wasn't sure so I thought I'd consult the experts.

 

[Owdboggy]

It looks remarkably like a fasciated version of Veronicastrum.

 

[MaryMary]

It's Cockscomb, which is also known as Celosia.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs...-003&fr2=piv-web&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-003

(Pictures gleefully stolen from the link above! .)

Mine never got the comb,

But I got tons of the little sprigs!!