Pedicularis rainierensis |
Pedicularis flammea |
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Mt. Rainier lousewort |
pédiculaire flammée, red-tip lousewort, redrattle |
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| Habit | Plants 10–40 cm. | Plants 1.5–20 cm. |
| Leaves | basal 2–5, blade lanceolate, 40–80 x 3–20 mm, 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, serrate to 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous; cauline 2–6, blade lanceolate, 15–70 x 5–20 mm, 1- or 2-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, serrate, surfaces glabrous. |
basal 2–5, blade lanceolate, 5–25 x 2–6 mm, 1-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous; cauline 3–6, blade lanceolate, 5–30 x 3–10 mm, 1-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous. |
| Racemes | simple, 1–4, exceeding basal leaves, each 10–50-flowered; bracts lanceolate or subulate to trullate, 10–15 x 1–2 mm, undivided or pinnatifid, proximal margins entire, distal serrate, surfaces glabrous or tomentose. |
simple, 1 or 2, exceeding basal leaves, each 5–10-flowered; bracts lanceolate, 10–15 x 1–2 mm, pinnatifid, proximal margins entire, distal 1- or 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous. |
| Pedicels | 1–3.5 mm. |
3–10 mm. |
| Flowers | calyx 7.5–11 mm, hispid to tomentose, lobes 5, linear to narrowly triangular, 4–5 mm, apex entire, glabrous or ciliate; corolla 16–19 mm, tube light or dark yellow, 8–10 mm; galea light or dark yellow, 8–9 mm, beakless, margins entire medially and distally, apex arching beyond abaxial lip; abaxial lip light or dark yellow, 4–5 mm. |
calyx 4.5–7 mm, glabrous, lobes 5, triangular, 1.5–2.5 mm, apex entire, glabrous; corolla 12–15 mm, tube yellow, 8–10 mm; galea bicolored, yellow proximally, dark red to purple distally, 4–5 mm, beakless, margins entire medially and distally, apex arching slightly over abaxial lip; abaxial lip yellow, 1.5–3 mm. |
| 2n | = 16. |
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Pedicularis rainierensis |
Pedicularis flammea |
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| Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | Flowering Jul. |
| Habitat | Moist alpine grassy meadows, gravelly slopes. | Wet meadows, along streams, tundras, flood plains. |
| Elevation | 1200–2000 m. [3900–6600 ft.] | 0–2500 m. [0–8200 ft.] |
| Distribution |
WA
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AB; MB; NL; NT; NU; ON; QC; Greenland; Europe (Norway, Sweden); Asia; Atlantic Islands (Iceland) |
| Discussion | Pedicularis rainierensis is known from Mt. Rainier and the Crystal Mountain area. The species is easily confused with P. bracteosa var. latifolia, which often occurs in the same meadows. While the sizes and shapes of their flowers are nearly indistinguishable, P. rainierensis is a much smaller plant with leaves only about three fourths the size, proximal leaf lobes less than one fifth the size, inflorescences about one half the length, and the number of flowers greatly reduced in comparison to those of P. bracteosa var. latifolia. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Pedicularis flammea is often confused with P. oederi, which also has red- or purple-tipped galeas. Compared to other Pedicularis species, including P. oederi, flowers of P. flammea are much smaller. Pedicularis flammea is a boreal-arctic species found only in northern parts of many Canadian provinces. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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| Name authority | Pennell & F. A. Warren: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 55: 317. (1928) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 609. (1753) |
| Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 531. | FNA vol. 17, p. 522. |
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