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It's called a Bellflower, and it is in the Campanula genus, but the flowers are anything but bell-shaped. It has a 5-parted blue flower, and the most curious and noticeable (practically definitive) feature is the odd style that hangs way outside the flower and curves up a little at the end. This is a tall, gangly plant, biennial, with long, narrow leaves. The flowers are about an inch across. It grows mostly just in the mountains. According to my books, it grows in thickets and woods margins, preferring moist and basic soils. But I have seen it also growing alongside the Blue Ridge Parkway in sunny spots.