Pedicularis howellii |
Pedicularis flammea |
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Howell lousewort, Howell's lousewort, Howell's pedicularis |
pédiculaire flammée, red-tip lousewort, redrattle |
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Habit | Plants 15–40 cm. | Plants 1.5–20 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 2–5, blade lanceolate, 5–25 x 2–6 mm, 1-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous; cauline 3–6, blade lanceolate, 5–30 x 3–10 mm, 1-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous. |
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 or 2, exceeding basal leaves, each 5–10-flowered; bracts lanceolate, 10–15 x 1–2 mm, pinnatifid, proximal margins entire, distal 1- or 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous. |
Pedicels | 2.5–3 mm. |
3–10 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 4.5–7 mm, glabrous, lobes 5, triangular, 1.5–2.5 mm, apex entire, glabrous; corolla 12–15 mm, tube yellow, 8–10 mm; galea bicolored, yellow proximally, dark red to purple distally, 4–5 mm, beakless, margins entire medially and distally, apex arching slightly over abaxial lip; abaxial lip yellow, 1.5–3 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
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Pedicularis howellii |
Pedicularis flammea |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | Flowering Jul. |
Habitat | Alpine forest clearings and edges. | Wet meadows, along streams, tundras, flood plains. |
Elevation | 1100–2000. | 0–2500 m. (0–8200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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AB; MB; NL; NT; NU; ON; QC; Greenland; Europe (Norway, Sweden); Asia; Atlantic Islands (Iceland) |
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 flammea is often confused with P. oederi, which also has red- or purple-tipped galeas. Compared to other Pedicularis species, including P. oederi, flowers of P. flammea are much smaller. Pedicularis flammea is a boreal-arctic species found only in northern parts of many Canadian provinces. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 523. | FNA vol. 17, p. 522. |
Parent taxa | Orobanchaceae > Pedicularis | Orobanchaceae > Pedicularis |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 307. (1885) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 609. (1753) |
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