Pedicularis parryi |
Pedicularis howellii |
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Parry's lousewort |
Howell lousewort, Howell's lousewort, Howell's pedicularis |
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Habit | Plants 7–65 cm. | Plants 15–40 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 1–4, blade elliptic to lanceolate, 20–60 x 15–40 mm, undivided or 1-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, serrate, surfaces glabrous; cauline 10–12, blade ovate to lanceolate, 25–60 x 15–40 mm, undivided or 1-pinnatifid, sometimes auricled, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, entire or serrate to crenate, surfaces glabrous or scattered woolly along main vein. |
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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, 1–8, exceeding basal leaves, each 15–40-flowered; bracts trullate to cordate, 6–8 x 4–8 mm, undivided, proximal margins entire, distal entire, surfaces glabrous or tomentose. |
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Pedicels | 2–3 mm. |
2.5–3 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 6–6.5 mm, tomentose, lobes 5, triangular, 1.5–2 mm, apex entire, ciliate; corolla 10–13 mm, tube white, 6–8 mm; galea white, apically sometimes tinged with red to violet, 3.5–5 mm, beaked, beak straight, 1–2 mm, margins entire medially and distally, apex extending beyond abaxial lip; abaxial lip white, 1.5–2 mm. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Pedicularis parryi |
Pedicularis howellii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | |||||||||
Habitat | Alpine forest clearings and edges. | |||||||||
Elevation | 1100–2000. | |||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CO; ID; MT; NM; UT; WY
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CA; OR
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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 howellii is found in the Siskiyou Mountains along the California/Oregon border; it has undivided distal leaves. The division of the proximal leaves into irregular and asymmetric lobes, sometimes appearing auricled, is a unique feature of this species. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 528. | FNA vol. 17, p. 523. | ||||||||
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Name authority | A. Gray: Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 34: 250. (1862) | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 307. (1885) | ||||||||
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