Pedicularis lanata

Pedicularis lanata is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae. It is native to Canada and Alaska.[2] Its common names include woolly lousewort and bumble-bee flower.[1]

Pedicularis lanata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Pedicularis
Species:
P. lanata
Binomial name
Pedicularis lanata
Cham. and Schlect.
Synonyms[1]
  • Pedicularis kanei Dur.

Description

The plant has a wooly stem 5–25 centimetres (2.0–9.8 in) tall which grows from a bright yellow taproot. The narrow leaves are lobed or compound, the lower on long petioles. The woolly, many-flowered inflorescence is dense when new, elongating with maturity. The corolla is up to 2 centimeters long and is usually dark pink, but sometimes white. It is surrounded by toothed sepals. The fruit is a flat, beaked capsule 8–13 millimetres (0.31–0.51 in) long. The seeds have a honeycomb-patterned surface.[3]

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References

  1. Pedicularis lanata. Alaska Wildflowers,net. Accessed November 2, 2013.
  2. "Pedicularis lanata". USDA. Plants Profile. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  3. Pedicularis lanata. Central Yukon Species Inventory Project (CYSIP). Dempster Country. Accessed November 2, 2013.
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