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Pedicularis densiflora
Pedicularis rainierensis

Mt. Rainier lousewort

Habit Coarsely fibrous-rooted perennial, the clustered stems 1.5-4 dm. high, glabrous below the villous inflorescence.
Leaves

Basal leaves 5-15 cm. long, the blade longer than the petiole, up to 3 cm. wide, pinnate, the leaflets sharply incised and often again toothed;

cauline leaves similar, several, reduced upward and becoming sessile.

Flowers

Inflorescence a spike-like raceme, the bracts toothed;

calyx lobes 5, tapered, the upper the shortest, the others partly united into 2 lateral pairs;

corolla pale creamy-yellow, 1.5 cm. long, bilabiate, the upper lip about equaling the tube, hooded but beakless; lower lip small, 3-lobed;

stigma capitate.

Fruits

Capsule glabrous, flattened, curved.

Pedicularis densiflora

Pedicularis rainierensis

Flowering time July-August
Habitat Moist alpine meadows.
Distribution
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Endemic to Mount Rainier National Park area in Washington.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
P. bracteosa, P. contorta, P. groenlandica, P. ornithorhynchos, P. pulchella, P. racemosa, P. rainierensis
P. bracteosa, P. contorta, P. groenlandica, P. ornithorhynchos, P. pulchella, P. racemosa
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