Pedicularis bracteosa |
Pedicularis bracteosa var. canbyi |
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bract lousewort, fernleaf, towering lousewort, wood-betony |
Canby's lousewort |
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| Habit | Plants 20–80 cm. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leaves | basal 0–10, blade lanceolate, 20–120 x 10–60 mm, 1- or 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, 1- or 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous; cauline 4–10, blade lanceolate, 10–270 x 8–150 mm, undivided or 1- or 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping, serrate to 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous or scattered glandular. |
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| Racemes | simple, 1–4, exceeding basal leaves, each 15–75-flowered; bracts lanceolate or subulate to trullate, 10–20 x 2–10 mm, undivided, proximal margins entire, distal entire or serrate, surfaces glabrous, hispid, or tomentose. |
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| Pedicels | 0.5–1 mm. |
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| Flowers | calyx 7–15 mm, glabrous or tomentose, lobes 5, triangular or filiform, 1–10 mm, apex entire, glabrous or ciliate; corolla 14–27 mm, tube yellow or dark blood red, 6–12 mm; galea yellow to yellow tinged with red, purple tinged with yellow, or dark blood red, 6–15 mm, beakless or beaked, beak straight, 0.8–2.5 mm, margins entire medially and distally, apex arching over abaxial lip; abaxial lip expanded, yellow, yellow tinged with purple, or dark blood red, 4.5–6.5 mm. |
calyx tomentose, lobes triangular; corolla: tube yellow; galea yellow, 7–10 mm, beaked, apex acute; abaxial lip yellow. |
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Pedicularis bracteosa |
Pedicularis bracteosa var. canbyi |
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| Phenology | Flowering late Jun–Aug. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Habitat | Moist openings in coniferous forests. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 2200–2400 m. [7200–7900 ft.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution |
CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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ID; MT |
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| Discussion | Varieties 8 (8 in the flora). Pedicularis bracteosa is found in subalpine habitats across much of western North America, occurring throughout the Rocky Mountains from central British Columbia and Alberta to northern New Mexico, as well as the Coast Range south to northern California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Variety canbyi occurs in the northern Bitterroot Range and through contiguous ranges almost to Wyoming. Variety canbyi and var. siifolia both have beaked galeas and are distinguishable to some degree by the presence or absence of calyx hairs, respectively. In some regions, such as in the northern Bitterroot Range, the calyx of var. canbyi is tomentose; in the Sawtooth Mountains, var. siifolia has glabrous calyces. In the Pioneer Mountains and the middle of the Bitterroot Range, where the ranges of the two varieties overlap, calyx hairiness varies among populations. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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| Synonyms | P. canbyi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name authority | Bentham: in W. J. Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 110. (1838) | (A. Gray) Cronquist: in C. L. Hitchcock et al., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 4: 356. (1959) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 515. | FNA vol. 17, p. 516. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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