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Pedicularis racemosa

LEAFY LOUSEWORT


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 racemosa Douglas ex Benth.
NATIVE
Stem: few to many, +- decumbent, generally branched distally, 12--80 cm, subglabrous. Leaf: cauline, 2--10 cm, +- narrowly lanceolate, serrate to dentate. Inflorescence: 1--5 cm; proximal bracts >= flowers. Flower: calyx 4.5--8 mm, glabrous, lobes generally 2 (4 in some plants); corolla 10--16 mm, +- white, +- yellow, or +- purple, glabrous, upper lip 5--7.5 mm, extended in a long, down-curved beak, lower lip 5--9 mm, fan-like; anthers 1.5--2.5 mm, base acute. Fruit: 10--16 mm, +- lanceolate in outline. Seed: 1.5--3 mm, smooth.
Ecology: Open conifer forest; Elevation: 900--2300 m. Bioregional Distribution: KR, CaR, n SNH, SNE; Distribution Outside California: to western Canada, Wyoming, New Mexico. Flowering Time: Jun--Aug Note: If recognized taxonomically, plants with linear leaves, +- white to +- yellow corollas assignable to Pedicularis racemosa subsp. alba Pennell; further investigation needed.
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 racemosa, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, Revision 12, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=36606, accessed on October 04, 2024.

Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on October 04, 2024.

Pedicularis racemosa  
var. alba
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Pedicularis racemosa  
var. alba
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©2015 Barry Breckling
Pedicularis racemosa
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©2014 Steve Matson
Pedicularis racemosa
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Pedicularis racemosa
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Geographic subdivisions for Pedicularis racemosa:
KR, CaR, n SNH, SNE
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