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.
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 howellii A. Gray
NATIVE Stem: 6--45 cm, glabrous to puberulent; caudex long. Leaf: basal 0 at flower (4--20 cm, widely lanceolate, segments 7--17, ovate, entire-dentate to lobed); cauline leaves 2--9 cm, ovate, lobes or segments 3--5(11), ovate, entire to toothed, terminal >> lateral. Inflorescence: closely subtended by 2--3 leaves, 1.5--4 cm; bracts < flowers, +- deltate, hairy. Flower: calyx 6--7 mm, hairy; corolla 7--9 mm, sickle-shaped, +- white to +- purple, marked darker, glabrous, upper lip 5--6 mm curved, beak +- 4 mm, tapered, lower lip 2--3 mm, +- included in calyx; anthers 1--2 mm, base acute. Fruit: 7--9 mm. Seed: 1.5--2 mm, surface finely netted. Ecology: Dry ridges, open red-fir forest; Elevation: 1500--1900 m. Bioregional Distribution: n KR; Distribution Outside California: southern Oregon. Flowering Time: Jul--Aug Jepson eFlora Author: Linda Ann Vorobik & David J. Keil Reference: Ree 2005 Int J Pl Sci 166:595--613 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Listed on CNPS Rare Plant Inventory Previous taxon: Pedicularis groenlandica Next taxon: Pedicularis racemosa
Botanical illustration including Pedicularis howellii
Citation for this treatment: Linda Ann Vorobik & David J. Keil 2023, Pedicularis howellii, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, Revision 12, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=36576, accessed on October 12, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on October 12, 2024.
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