Pedicularis labradorica |
Pedicularis aurantiaca |
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Labrador lousewort, pédiculaire du Labrador |
Indian warrior |
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Habit | Plants 2–25 cm. | Plants 10–50 cm. |
Leaves | basal 2 or 3, blade lanceolate, 10–20 x 2–3 mm, 1- or 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping, serrate, surfaces glabrous; cauline 1–4, blade linear to lanceolate, 10–50 x 2–10 mm, undivided or 1- or 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping, serrate to 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely downy to hispid. |
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 | paniculate or buds present in cauline leaf axils, 1–8, exceeding basal leaves, each 5–20-flowered; bracts linear to narrowly lanceolate, 7–15 x 1–2 mm, undivided or 1-pinnatifid, proximal margins entire, distal 1- or 2-serrate, sometimes crenulate, surfaces glabrous or hispid. |
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 | 0.5–2 mm. |
2–4 mm. |
Flowers | calyx 5–8 mm, glabrous, lobes 2, triangular, 0.5–1.5 mm, apex entire, sometimes slightly bifurcate, glabrous; corolla 12–18 mm, tube deep yellow, 7–10 mm; galea dark yellow or yellow tinged with purple or spotted, 5–9 mm, beakless, margins entire medially, 1-toothed distally, apex arching over abaxial lip; abaxial lip dark yellow, 5–7 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. |
2n | = 16. |
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Pedicularis labradorica |
Pedicularis aurantiaca |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Open forests, tundras, heathlands, rocky slopes, muskegs. | Mixed coniferous forests. |
Elevation | 300–1100 m. (1000–3600 ft.) | 600–2100 m. (2000–6900 ft.) |
Distribution |
AK; AB; BC; LB; MB; NT; NU; ON; QC; SK; YT; Greenland; Asia (China, Russia)
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CA; OR |
Discussion | The flowers of Pedicularis labradorica are usually yellow or dark yellow, and the galea is tinged distally with red or purple; sometimes, the yellow color of the tube abruptly transitions into red or purple. Hultén based var. sulphurea on the solid yellow color variant from the Yukon. (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. 524. | FNA vol. 17, p. 514. |
Parent taxa | Orobanchaceae > Pedicularis | Orobanchaceae > Pedicularis |
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Synonyms | P. labradorica var. sulphurea | P. densiflora subsp. aurantiaca |
Name authority | Wirsing: Eclog. Bot. [2], plate 10. (1778) | (E. F. Sprague) Monfils & Prather: Madroño 54: 311. (2008) |
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