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bumble-bee flower, pédiculaire laineuse, woolly lousewort

lousewort, redrattle

Habit Plants 3–10 cm.
Leaves

basal 2–7, blade elliptic, 9–20 x 4–7 mm, 1- or 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, dentate, surfaces glabrous;

cauline 2–6, blade elliptic to triangular, 5–16 x 1–5 mm, 1- or 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping, dentate, surfaces glabrous.

Racemes

simple, 1–5, exceeding basal leaves, each 2–10-flowered;

bracts trullate to triangular, 3–15 x 6–11 mm, 2-pinnatifid, margins serrate, surfaces glabrous.

Pedicels

0.7–3 mm.

Flowers

calyx 9–14 mm, glabrous, lobes 5, triangular, 1.5–3.5 mm, apex pinnatifid, entire, glabrous;

corolla 24–30 mm, tube pink, 15–25 mm;

galea pink, 7–11 mm, beakless, margins entire medially, 1-toothed distally, apex arching slightly over abaxial lip;

abaxial lip pink, 5.5–9 mm.

2n

= 16 (Europe).

Pedicularis lanata

Pedicularis sylvatica

Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Wet meadows.
Elevation 30–80 m. (100–300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; MT; AB; BC; NT; NU; QC; YT; Eurasia
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from FNA
NF; Europe [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion

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.)

Pedicularis sylvatica is considered by L. Brouillet et al. (http://data.canadensys.net/vascan/) to be introduced in the flora area.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 524. FNA vol. 17, p. 534.
Parent taxa Orobanchaceae > Pedicularis Orobanchaceae > Pedicularis
Sibling taxa
P. angustifolia, P. attollens, P. aurantiaca, P. bracteosa, P. canadensis, P. capitata, P. centranthera, P. chamissonis, P. contorta, P. crenulata, P. cystopteridifolia, P. densiflora, P. dudleyi, P. flammea, P. furbishiae, P. groenlandica, P. hirsuta, P. howellii, P. labradorica, P. lanceolata, P. langsdorffii, P. lapponica, P. oederi, P. ornithorhyncha, P. ornithorhynchos, P. palustris, P. parryi, P. parviflora, P. pennellii, P. procera, P. pulchella, P. racemosa, P. rainierensis, P. semibarbata, P. sudetica, P. sylvatica, P. verticillata
P. angustifolia, P. attollens, P. aurantiaca, P. bracteosa, P. canadensis, P. capitata, P. centranthera, P. chamissonis, P. contorta, P. crenulata, P. cystopteridifolia, P. densiflora, P. dudleyi, P. flammea, P. furbishiae, P. groenlandica, P. hirsuta, P. howellii, P. labradorica, P. lanata, P. lanceolata, P. langsdorffii, P. lapponica, P. oederi, P. ornithorhyncha, P. ornithorhynchos, P. palustris, P. parryi, P. parviflora, P. pennellii, P. procera, P. pulchella, P. racemosa, P. rainierensis, P. semibarbata, P. sudetica, P. verticillata
Subordinate taxa
P. lanata subsp. lanata
Name authority Willdenow ex Chamisso & Schlechtendal: Linnaea 2: 583. (1827) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 607. (1753)
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