Pedicularis howellii |
Pedicularis aurantiaca |
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Howell lousewort, Howell's lousewort, Howell's pedicularis |
Indian warrior |
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Habit | Plants 15–40 cm. | Plants 10–50 cm. |
Leaves | basal 1–4, blade elliptic to lanceolate, 20–60 x 15–40 mm, undivided or 1-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, serrate, surfaces glabrous; cauline 10–12, blade ovate to lanceolate, 25–60 x 15–40 mm, undivided or 1-pinnatifid, sometimes auricled, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, entire or serrate to crenate, surfaces glabrous or scattered woolly along main vein. |
basal 1–10, blade lanceolate, 30–200 x 20–70 mm, 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or extensively overlapping distally, 1-serrate, surfaces glabrous, hispid, or downy, abaxial veins downy; cauline 4–20, blade lanceolate, 15–250 x 5–100 mm, 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or extensively overlapping distally, serrate, surfaces glabrous or hispid to downy. |
Racemes | simple, 1–8, exceeding basal leaves, each 15–40-flowered; bracts trullate to cordate, 6–8 x 4–8 mm, undivided, proximal margins entire, distal entire, surfaces glabrous or tomentose. |
simple, 1–5, exceeding basal leaves, each 10–50-flowered; bracts lanceolate, 10–35 x 3–5 mm, undivided to pinnatifid distally, proximal margins entire, surfaces glabrous. |
Pedicels | 2.5–3 mm. |
2–4 mm. |
Flowers | calyx 6–6.5 mm, tomentose, lobes 5, triangular, 1.5–2 mm, apex entire, ciliate; corolla 10–13 mm, tube white, 6–8 mm; galea white, apically sometimes tinged with red to violet, 3.5–5 mm, beaked, beak straight, 1–2 mm, margins entire medially and distally, apex extending beyond abaxial lip; abaxial lip white, 1.5–2 mm. |
calyx 12–24 mm, downy, lobes 5, narrowly triangular, 5.5–7.5 mm, apex entire, ciliate; corolla 23–43 mm, tube dark red, purple, or orange-yellow, 9–17 mm; galea dark red, purple, or orange-yellow, 14–26 mm, beakless, margins entire medially and distally, apex straight; abaxial lip dark red, purple, or orange-yellow, 3–7 mm. |
Pedicularis howellii |
Pedicularis aurantiaca |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Alpine forest clearings and edges. | Mixed coniferous forests. |
Elevation | 1100–2000. | 600–2100 m. (2000–6900 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA; OR |
Discussion | Pedicularis howellii is found in the Siskiyou Mountains along the California/Oregon border; it has undivided distal leaves. The division of the proximal leaves into irregular and asymmetric lobes, sometimes appearing auricled, is a unique feature of this species. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Pedicularis aurantiaca is distinguished from P. densiflora by smaller abaxial lip lobes and longer calyces. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 523. | FNA vol. 17, p. 514. |
Parent taxa | Orobanchaceae > Pedicularis | Orobanchaceae > Pedicularis |
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Synonyms | P. densiflora subsp. aurantiaca | |
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 307. (1885) | (E. F. Sprague) Monfils & Prather: Madroño 54: 311. (2008) |
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