Pedicularis labradorica
Pedicularis flammea
Labrador lousewort, pédiculaire du Labrador
pédiculaire flammée, red-tip lousewort, redrattle
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 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.
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 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.
0.5–2 mm.
3–10 mm.
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 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.
= 16.
= 16.
Pedicularis labradorica
Pedicularis flammea
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 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.)
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