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Pedicularis densiflora

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Higher Taxonomy
Family: OrobanchaceaeView DescriptionDichotomous Key
Common Name: BROOMRAPE FAMILY
Habit: Annual, perennial herb, shrub; often glandular; root-parasites, roots modified into absorptive structures. Stem: generally round in ×-section. Leaf: generally simple, generally alternate, reduced to +- fleshy scales in non-green plants lacking chlorophyll; stipules generally 0. Inflorescence: spike to panicle, generally bracted, or flowers 1--2 in axils. Flower: bisexual; calyx lobes 0--5; corolla generally strongly bilateral, generally 2-lipped (upper lip generally 2-lobed, lower lip generally 3-lobed), abaxial lobes outside other lobes in bud; stamens epipetalous, 4 in 2 pairs (sometimes 1 pair sterile), additional staminode 0(1), anther sacs unequal; ovary superior, chambers 1--2, placentas 2--4, parietal, style 1, stigma lobes 0 or 2. Fruit: capsule, generally +- ovoid, loculicidal, valves 2--4. Seed: many, small, angled; surface smooth or netted.
Genera In Family: +- 100 genera, 2060 species: worldwide, especially northern temperate and Africa. Note: High yield losses in many crops caused by Orobanche and Phelipanche species in Africa, Mediterranean, Middle East, and eastern Europe. Taxa of Orobanche in TJM2 treated here in Aphyllon and Phelipanche.
eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax, except as noted
Scientific Editor: Robert W. Patterson, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Genus: PedicularisView DescriptionDichotomous Key


Common Name: LOUSEWORT
Habit: Perennial herb, +- green. Stem: decumbent to erect, generally 1--several from generally short caudex. Leaf: alternate, generally +- basal, generally < inflorescence, toothed or generally > 7-lobed, generally reduced distally on stem; petiole generally < blade. Inflorescence: raceme, spike-like; bracts (at least proximal) generally +- like distal leaves; pedicels 1--6 mm. Flower: calyx lobes (2,4)5, distal-most generally shortest (all generally < tube), lateral fused in pairs; corolla white or yellow or pink to red or purple, upper lip hood- or beak-like, curved or not, lower lip 3-lobed, narrow to fan-shaped, central lobe generally smallest; fertile stamens 4, generally glabrous, anthers generally included, sacs 2 per stamen, equal; stigma head-like, generally exserted. Fruit: generally +- ovate or lanceolate in outline, asymmetric, opening mostly on upper side. Seed: smooth or netted.
Etymology: (Latin: lice, from belief that ingestion by stock promoted lice infestation)
eFlora Treatment Author: Linda Ann Vorobik & David J. Keil
Reference: Ree 2005 Int J Pl Sci 166:595--613
Pedicularis densiflora Hook.
NATIVE
Habit: Plant +- glabrous to soft- or coarse-brown-hairy. Stem: 6--55 cm. Leaf: basal 5--28 cm, lance-oblong, segments 13--41, often crowded and distal +- overlapping, +- linear to ovate, deeply 1--2 × lobed and dentate. Inflorescence: 4--20 cm; proximal bracts +-= to > flowers. Flower: calyx 10--18 mm, generally hairy, lobes +- equal; corolla 23--43 mm, bent downward at mid-length, deep red to red-purple to orange-yellow (white), generally minutely hairy, tube exserted at flowering, upper lip 15--25 mm, straight, club-like, hooded, lower lip 8--16 mm, lobes +- equal; anthers 2--3 mm, base acute. Fruit: 8--13 mm. Seed: 2.5--4.5 mm, surface netted.
Ecology: Chaparral, oak/pine woodland, mixed forest; Elevation: 30--1200 m. Bioregional Distribution: NW, n SNF, CW, SW; Distribution Outside California: southern Oregon. Flowering Time: Feb--May Note: Pollinated by bumblebees and hummingbirds.
Jepson eFlora Author: Linda Ann Vorobik & David J. Keil
Reference: Ree 2005 Int J Pl Sci 166:595--613
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Citation for this treatment: Linda Ann Vorobik & David J. Keil 2023, Pedicularis densiflora, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, Revision 12, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=36567, accessed on December 02, 2024.

Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on December 02, 2024.

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