Pedicularis parryi |
Pedicularis flammea |
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Parry's lousewort |
pédiculaire flammée, red-tip lousewort, redrattle |
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Habit | Plants 7–65 cm. | Plants 1.5–20 cm. | ||||||||
Leaves | basal 4–20, blade elliptic or lanceolate to oblanceolate, 10–70 x 3–15 mm, 1-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, 1- or 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous; cauline 0–20, blade lanceolate, 10–50 x 2–10 mm, 1-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, serrate, surfaces glabrous or tomentose. |
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. |
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Racemes | simple, 1–10, exceeding basal leaves, each 5–50-flowered; bracts subulate to trullate, 10–25 x 8–10 mm, undivided or +/- lobed, proximal margins entire, distal serrate or crenate, 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. |
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Pedicels | 2–3 mm. |
3–10 mm. |
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Flowers | calyx 6–10 mm, glabrous or tomentose, lobes 5, triangular to deltate, 1–3 mm, apex entire, glabrous; corolla 14–22 mm, tube white, yellowish, or light purple to purple, 7–15 mm; galea white, yellowish, or light purple to purple, 7–10 mm, beaked, beak straight, 5–8 mm, margins entire medially and distally, apex extending beyond abaxial lip; abaxial lip white, yellowish, or light purple to purple, 4–9 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. |
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2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
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Pedicularis parryi |
Pedicularis flammea |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul. | |||||||||
Habitat | Wet meadows, along streams, tundras, flood plains. | |||||||||
Elevation | 0–2500 m. (0–8200 ft.) | |||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CO; ID; MT; NM; UT; WY
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AB; MB; NL; NT; NU; ON; QC; Greenland; Europe (Norway, Sweden); Asia; Atlantic Islands (Iceland) |
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). Pedicularis parryi is characterized by a domed galea with a conical beak and light green calyces and floral bracts with dark purple stripes. The beaked galea extends well beyond the expanded lobes of the abaxial lip. Pedicularis parryi is an alpine complex. Corolla color, number of cauline leaves, and bract margin variation are important features differentiating infraspecific taxa within P. parryi (G. D. Carr 1971, from which the following key is adapted). (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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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 528. | FNA vol. 17, p. 522. | ||||||||
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Name authority | A. Gray: Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 34: 250. (1862) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 609. (1753) | ||||||||
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