Pedicularis racemosa subsp. racemosa

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 530.

Leaves: cauline leaf-blade narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, widest at middles. Flowers: corolla-tube, galea, and abaxial lip light pink.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Subalpine coniferous forests and glades, forest edges.
Elevation: 1000–2500 m.

Distribution

B.C., Calif., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

The range of subsp. racemosa is much more limited than that of subsp. alba. C. L. Hitchcock et al. (1955–1969, Vol. 4) recognized these taxa as varieties and noted that var. racemosa occurs in the Cascades and northern Sierra Nevada and westward, whereas var. alba was mostly east of this region. However, L. W. Macior (1973) noted that Pedicularis racemosa had white flowers on Mt. Rainier, a mountain peak of the Cascade Range. In the Cascade Range sympatry is considerable as well as in the Wallowa Mountains of northeastern Oregon.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"widest" is not a number.

0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
beakless +  and beaked +
Bruce W. Robart +
Douglas ex Bentham in W. J. Hooker +
sickle--shaped +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
lanceolate;linear +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
lanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
tubular +, campanulate +  and symmetric +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
fleshy +  and woody +
elliptic-lanceolate +
whorled +  and alternate +
white +, yellow +, red +, purple +  and pink +
cylindric +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
2-serrate +  and 1-serrate +
B.C. +, Calif. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
1000–2500 m. +
hairy +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
light pink +  and white +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Subalpine coniferous forests and glades, forest edges. +
axillary +  and terminal +
spiral +, whorled +, alternate +  and opposite +
deciduous +
basal +  and cauline +
triangular +  and deltate +
entire +, 2-serrate +  and 1-serrate +
nonoverlapping +  and adjacent +
crenate +  and serrate +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
3-25-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 +
Elephantella +  and Pediculariopsis +
Pedicularis racemosa subsp. racemosa +
Pedicularis racemosa +
subspecies +
light pink;white +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +