Pedicularis lanata |
Pedicularis sylvatica |
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bumble-bee flower, pédiculaire laineuse, woolly lousewort |
lousewort, redrattle |
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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. |
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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. |
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Pedicels | 0.7–3 mm. |
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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. |
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2n | = 16 (Europe). |
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Pedicularis lanata |
Pedicularis sylvatica |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | |
Habitat | Wet meadows. | |
Elevation | 30–80 m. (100–300 ft.) | |
Distribution |
AK; MT; AB; BC; NT; NU; QC; YT; Eurasia
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NF; Europe [Introduced in North America] |
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 |
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Name authority | Willdenow ex Chamisso & Schlechtendal: Linnaea 2: 583. (1827) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 607. (1753) |
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