Pedicularis bracteosa |
Pedicularis bracteosa var. paysoniana |
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bract lousewort, fernleaf, towering lousewort, wood-betony |
Payson'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, 10–15 mm, beakless, apex obtuse, sometimes acute; abaxial lip yellow. |
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Pedicularis bracteosa |
Pedicularis bracteosa var. paysoniana |
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| Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Habitat | Moist alpine slopes, grassy meadows, coniferous forests. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 2200–3600 m. [7200–11800 ft.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution |
CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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CO; ID; MT; NM; UT; WY |
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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.) |
The long, open throat of the galea of var. paysoniana raises the summit of the galea well above the abaxial lip as compared to the other varieties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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| Synonyms | P. paysoniana, P. bracteosa subsp. paysoniana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name authority | Bentham: in W. J. Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 110. (1838) | (Pennell) Cronquist: in C. L. Hitchcock et al., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 4: 358. (1959) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 515. | FNA vol. 17, p. 517. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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