Pedicularis lanata

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

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

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]

References

  1. 1 2 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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