Pedicularis langsdorffii |
Pedicularis chamissonis |
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Langsdorf's lousewort, Langsdorff's lousewort |
Chamisso's lousewort |
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Habit | Plants 4–30 cm. | Plants 10–25 cm. | ||||
Leaves | basal 0–10, blade elliptic, 10–30 x 3–15 mm, 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, serrate, surfaces glabrous; cauline 1–4, blade elliptic, 10–40 x 2–10 mm, 1- or 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, serrate, sometimes crenate, surfaces glabrous, sometimes sparsely tomentose. |
basal 5–15, blade lanceolate, 15–40 x 10–20 mm, 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, serrate, surfaces glabrous; cauline whorled, whorls 1–4, leaves per whorl 3–5, blade lanceolate, 10–60 x 10–30 mm, 1- or 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, entire or serrate, surfaces glabrous. |
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Racemes | simple, 1–6, exceeding basal leaves, each 10–50-flowered; bracts subulate or linear, 5–25 x 1–10 mm, undivided or 1-pinnatifid, proximal margins entire, distal serrate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely tomentose to tomentose. |
verticillate, 1–3, exceeding basal leaves, each 8–20-flowered; bracts lanceolate to subulate, 10–30 x 5–10 mm, 1-pinnatifid or undivided, margins serrate to 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous. |
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Pedicels | 2.5–5 mm. |
1.5–2.5 mm. |
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Flowers | calyx 6–11 mm, glabrous or +/- tomentose, lobes 5, triangular, 2–5 mm, apex entire or serrate to dentate, glabrous; corolla 17–25 mm, tube pink or lavender, 11–13 mm; galea pink or lavender, 6–12 mm, beakless, margins entire medially, 1-toothed distally, apex strongly arching over abaxial lip; abaxial lip pink or lavender, 5–8 mm. |
calyx 6–8 mm, glabrous, lobes 5, triangular, 0.5–1.4 mm, apex entire, ciliate; corolla 18–20 mm, tube white to pink, 12–15 mm; galea purple, 6–8 mm, beaked, beak straight, 1–3 mm, margins entire medially and distally, apex extending beyond abaxial lip; abaxial lip pink or purple, 4–5 mm. |
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Pedicularis langsdorffii |
Pedicularis chamissonis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | |||||
Habitat | Arctic meadows, tundras. | |||||
Elevation | 10–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
AK; AB; BC; NT; NU; YT; Asia
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AK; e Asia |
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). Pedicularis langsdorffii may be mistaken for P. hirsuta, P. lanata, and P. sudetica, which have similar growth forms and habitat requirements. Pedicularis langsdorffii generally has larger, pink to lavender corollas with toothed galeas that strongly arch over the abaxial lips in contrast to the smaller, toothless, pink corollas and slightly arching galeas of P. lanata. Pedicularis sudetica has up to five cauline leaves or lacks them. The straight, smaller galeas and pale pink or white corollas of P. hirsuta differentiate it from P. langsdorffii. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Pedicularis chamissonis differs from P. verticillata by having leaves and flowers about 1.5 times larger with a galea that is extended into a conical beak, leaves lanceolate versus elliptic, and lateral lobes of the abaxial lip more than twice the size and more pendulous. Pedicularis chamissonis is chiefly an Asian species, found on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Island, and Japan; the only North American populations occur in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 525. | FNA vol. 17, p. 519. | ||||
Parent taxa | Orobanchaceae > Pedicularis | Orobanchaceae > Pedicularis | ||||
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Name authority | Fischer ex Steven: Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 6: 49, plate 9, fig. 2. (1822) — (as langsdorfii) | Steven: Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 6: 20, plate 4, fig. 1. (1822) | ||||
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