aka Coiled Lousewort, White-coiled Beak Lousewort, Parrot’s Beak. Curved and then twisted sideways near its tip P. contorta clearly deserves its name. A beak is a prolonged slender tip on a thicker part of the flower. The pale-yellow flowers, about 1/2″ (8 mm) branch off a loose spike which can be almost three-quarters of the plants height of 6″ – 18″. The basal leaves are fern-like. Commonly found in meadows between 5,000′ to 7,000′ elevation.