Pedicularis labradorica |
Pedicularis pennellii |
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Labrador lousewort, pédiculaire du Labrador |
Pennell's lousewort |
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Habit | Plants 2–25 cm. | Plants 4–30 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 0–2, blade elliptic, 1–10 x 1–5 mm, 1-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, dentate, surfaces glabrous; cauline 0–5, blade lanceolate or elliptic to deltate, 7–30 x 1–25 mm, 1- or 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, serrate, surfaces glabrous. |
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 or paniculate, 1–3, exceeding basal leaves, each 8–20-flowered; bracts deltate, 5–20 x 10–15 mm, 1- or 2-pinnatifid nearly to midrib, lobes sometimes laciniate, margins serrate, surfaces glabrous. |
Pedicels | 0.5–2 mm. |
1–1.5 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 3.5–8.5 mm, glabrous, lobes 2(–4), triangular, 2–6 mm, apex dentate to 2-dentate, glabrous; corolla 8–16 mm, tube light pink to purple, 5–9 mm; galea bicolored, yellow with purple spots proximally, purple distally, 3–6.5 mm, beakless, margins 1-toothed medially and distally, apex straight to arching slightly over abaxial lip; abaxial lip yellow to pink with purple spots, 3–8 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16 (Asia). |
Pedicularis labradorica |
Pedicularis pennellii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Open forests, tundras, heathlands, rocky slopes, muskegs. | Moist tundras, stream banks, wet terraces, willow thickets, wet meadows, fens, bogs. |
Elevation | 300–1100 m. (1000–3600 ft.) | 0–500 m. (0–1600 ft.) |
Distribution |
AK; AB; BC; LB; MB; NT; NU; ON; QC; SK; YT; Greenland; Asia (China, Russia)
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AK; BC; Asia |
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 palustris and P. pennellii are extensively branched, with branching in P. pennellii more compact and subequal, making it appear shrubby. The branches of P. palustris, in contrast, become progressively shorter distally on the stem, giving the plant a pyramidal appearance. Calder and Taylor recognized subsp. insularis by its smaller or sometimes absent apical teeth on the galea margins. Boivin subsequently reduced it to a variety. Given this minor difference, this taxon (found only on Haida Gwaii [the Queen Charlotte Islands] of British Columbia) is not recognized here. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 524. | FNA vol. 17, p. 529. |
Parent taxa | Orobanchaceae > Pedicularis | Orobanchaceae > Pedicularis |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | P. labradorica var. sulphurea | P. parviflora subsp. pennellii, P. pennellii subsp. insularis, P. pennellii var. insularis |
Name authority | Wirsing: Eclog. Bot. [2], plate 10. (1778) | Hultén: Fl. Aleut. Isl., 300, plate 14. (1937) |
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