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I've seen this species a couple places in Vancouver, Washington recently, it catches my eye, and I'm just curious about what it is. It looks like it might be a weed. It has strikingly large leaves, tropical in appearance, despite the cold climate that sometimes gets snow. The leaves are maybe 1 1/2 feet long and radiate from a few nearly vertical stalks, and altogether the plant looks somewhat like a sunflower. This photo shows one leaf, which was about the largest of the leaves on this particular specimen.
Here's a cluster of leaves, about half the size than the large one pictured above, spilling over onto the porch. It looks like the plant has about 3-4 parallel stalks, with this leaf cluster coming from a stalk angled off to the side.
