Pedicularis bracteosa |
Pedicularis furbishiae |
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bract lousewort, fernleaf, towering lousewort, wood-betony |
Furbish lousewort, Furbish's lousewort |
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| Habit | Plants 20–80 cm. | Plants 40–90 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. |
basal 4, blade lanceolate to elliptic, 70–130 x 35–50 mm, 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, serrate, surfaces hispid; cauline 7, blade lanceolate to elliptic, 20–90 x 8–35 mm, 1- or 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, serrate, surfaces hispid. |
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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. |
simple or paniculate, 1–4, exceeding basal leaves, each 3–30-flowered; bracts trullate, 8–13 x 7–10 mm, undivided or pinnatifid, margins serrate to 2-serrate, surfaces hispid. |
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| Pedicels | 0.5–1 mm. |
1–3 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 5–12 mm, hispid-glandular, lobes 5, narrowly triangular, 3–4.5 mm, apex entire or dentate, glabrous; corolla 14–19 mm, tube yellow, 8–10 mm; galea yellow, apically sometimes tinged red, 6–8.5 mm, beakless, margins entire medially, 1-toothed distally, apex arching slightly over abaxial lip; abaxial lip yellow with apex sometimes tinged red, 7–7.5 mm. |
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Pedicularis bracteosa |
Pedicularis furbishiae |
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| Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Habitat | Riverbanks. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 100–300 m. [300–1000 ft.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution |
CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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ME; NB |
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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.) |
Discovered in 1880, and at one time believed extinct, Pedicularis furbishiae was rediscovered in 1974 during an environmental impact survey for a proposed dam on the St. John's River and thereafter was placed on the Federal Register under the Endangered Species Act (L. W. Macior 1981). Metapopulation dynamics suggest that an ecologically intact watershed is required for long-term persistence (E. S. Menges 1990). A recovery strategy has been adopted for this species in New Brunswick (Furbish's Lousewort Recovery Team 2006; Environment Canada 2010). Pedicularis furbishiae is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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| Name authority | Bentham: in W. J. Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 110. (1838) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 375. (1882) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 515. | FNA vol. 17, p. 522. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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