Pedicularis lanata
Pedicularis lapponica
bumble-bee flower, pédiculaire laineuse, woolly lousewort
Lapland lousewort, pédiculaire de laponie
basal 0–4, blade lanceolate, 6–25 x 3–13 mm, 1-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping, serrate, surfaces glabrous;
cauline 3–7, blade lanceolate, 10–35 x 2–6 mm, 1(or 2)-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping, serrate, surfaces glabrous.
simple, capitate, 1–3, exceeding basal leaves, each 6–12-flowered;
bracts linear to triangular, 6–9 x 1–3 mm, undivided or 1-pinnatifid, proximal margins entire, distal serrate, surfaces glabrous.
1–2 mm.
calyx 4–5.5 mm, glabrous, lobes 2, deltate, 0.2–1 mm, apex entire, glabrous;
corolla 11–17 mm, tube yellow, 6–8 mm;
galea yellow, 5–9 mm, beaked, beak straight, 0.5–2 mm, margins entire medially and distally, apex extending over abaxial lip;
abaxial lip yellow, 4–7 mm.
= 16.
Pedicularis lanata
Pedicularis lapponica
Subspecies 4 (1 in the flora).
E. Hultén (1967) listed three subspecies of Pedicularis lanata, subspp. adamsii (Hultén) Hultén, dasyantha (Hadač) Hultén, and pallasii (Vvedensky) Hultén, as occurring in Eurasia; only subsp. lanata is found in North America.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
W. J. Cody (2000) described the beak of Pedicularis lapponica as toothed, but this is a misinterpretation of its irregular fimbriate apex that sometimes appears to be toothed. Basal leaves are usually not present on herbarium material, but if present, they are often larger than the cauline leaves but otherwise similar in form.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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