Piggyback Plant

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The Piggyback plant (tolmiea menziesii), also called Youth-On-Age, is a common native West Coast plant.

It is the sole representative of the tolmiea genus in the United States (Saxifrage family - Saxifragaceae), and it grows spring through summer in low altitude forest areas West of the Cascades, in Canada and Alaska.

The thin, tubular flowers bloom on alternate sides of a thin stem.

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