Pedicularis racemosa
Pedicularis racemosa | |
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Pedicularis racemosa in Mount Rainier National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Orobanchaceae |
Genus: | Pedicularis |
Species: | P. racemosa
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Binomial name | |
Pedicularis racemosa |
Pedicularis racemosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae known by the common names sickletop lousewort and leafy lousewort. It is native to western North America, where it grows in coniferous forests. This is a perennial herb producing several stems up to 80 centimetres (31 in) tall, greenish to dark red in color. The leaves are up to 10 centimetres (4 in) long, linear in shape and lined with teeth. The inflorescence is a small raceme of flowers occupying the top of the stem. Each white to light purple or yellow flower is up to 1.6 centimetres (2⁄3 in) long and is divided into a curved or coiled beak-like upper lip and a wide three-lobed lower lip. The fruit is a capsule over a centimeter in length containing smooth seeds.
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- Pedicularis
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of California
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Rocky Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Taxa named by George Bentham
- Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker
- Orobanchaceae stubs