Pedicularis crenulata

Bentham in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle

Prodr. 10: 568. 1846.

Common names: Meadow lousewort
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 520. Mentioned on page 512.

Plants 10–40 cm. Leaves: basal 8–10, blade narrowly elliptic to linear, 15–40 x 3–6 mm, undivided, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping, 2-crenate, surfaces glabrous; cauline 10–40, blade linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 10–60 x 2–6 mm, undivided, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping, 2-crenate, surfaces glabrous. Racemes simple, 1–10, exceeding basal leaves, each 10–50-flowered; bracts triangular or lanceolate to oblanceolate, 10–15 x 3–4 mm, undivided, proximal margins entire, distal crenate to 2-crenate, surfaces glabrous. Pedicels 3–3.5 mm. Flowers: calyx 8.5–11 mm, hirsute along veins or glabrous, lobes 2, triangular, 0.5–1 mm, apex entire, glabrous or ciliate; corolla 20–26 mm, tube light pink, rarely white, 12–15 mm; galea reddish violet, sometimes white, 8–11 mm, beakless, margins entire medially, 1-toothed distally, apex arching over abaxial lip; abaxial lip reddish violet, sometimes white, 4–8 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Moist grassy, sagebrush basins, alpine meadows.
Elevation: 1500–3200 m.

Distribution

Calif., Colo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., Wyo.

Discussion

Pedicularis crenulata is abundant in moist swales of alpine to subalpine sagebrush meadows of the mid to southern Rocky Mountains, as well as California and Nevada, where large populations with their reddish violet flowers create a distinctive swath across the otherwise green landscape. The undivided, nearly linear leaves with two-crenate margins are unique among North American species of Pedicularis. The galea bears a single apical tooth on each abaxial margin at the distal tip. Other species with the combination of two calyx lobes and undivided, linear to nearly linear leaves are P. angustifolia and P. racemosa.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Pedicularis crenulata"
white +  and reddish violet +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
beakless +  and beaked +
ciliate +  and glabrous +
Bruce W. Robart +
Bentham in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle +
elliptic to linear +  and elliptic +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
linear;narrowly oblanceolate +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and oblanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
triangular +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
fleshy +  and woody +
whorled +  and alternate +
Meadow lousewort +
white +, yellow +, red +, purple +  and pink +
cylindric +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
crenate +  and 2-crenate +
Calif. +, Colo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +  and Wyo. +
1500–3200 m. +
hairy +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
white +  and reddish violet +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
Moist grassy, sagebrush basins, alpine meadows. +
axillary +  and terminal +
spiral +, whorled +, alternate +  and opposite +
deciduous +
basal +  and cauline +
filiform +, spatulate +  and triangular +
nonoverlapping +
1-toothed +  and 2-crenate +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Aug. +
10-50-flowered;simple +
tan;brown;tan;brown;dark gray +
5 +  and 100 +
5 +  and 2 +
subequal +
aerial +  and subterranean +
woolly +, villous +, hispid +  and glabrous +
glabrous;glabrous;glabrous +
Elephantella +  and Pediculariopsis +
Pedicularis crenulata +
Pedicularis +
species +
white;light pink +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +