Pedicularis lanata |
Pedicularis ornithorhynchos |
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duck's-bill, bird's beak lousewort |
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Habit | Fibrous-rooted perennial with a woody base, the stems 0.5-3 dm. tall, glabrous below the inflorescence. | |
Leaves | Basal leaves 3-12 cm. long, slightly exceeding the petiole, sub-pinnatifid, the narrow leaflets deeply cleft and often again toothed; cauline leaves few and poorly developed, or wanting. |
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Flowers | Inflorescence capitate, often with one or two smaller, separate, lower clusters; bracts cleft; calyx lobes 5, short, equal; corolla pinkish-purple, bilabiate, the upper lip hooded, extending at right angles into a straight beak; lower lip 3-lobed; stigma capitate. |
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Fruits | Capsule glabrous, flattened, curved. |
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Pedicularis lanata |
Pedicularis ornithorhynchos |
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Identification notes | The only other species in our are of a similar reddish color, P. groenlandica, has an elongate inflorescence; P. ornithorhynchus\\'s inflorescence is head-like, about as wide as high. | |
Flowering time | July-September | |
Habitat | Subalpine and alpine meadows. | |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Washington.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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