Pedicularis contorta var. contorta

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 520.

Inflorescences: bracts 3–15 mm wide, proximal margins glabrous. Flowers: calyx pale green; corolla: tube white or cream to yellowish; galea white or cream to yellowish with purple spots at base; abaxial lip white or cream to yellowish. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Alpine meadows, glades, open subalpine coniferous forest.
Elevation: 1400–3000 m.

Distribution

Alta., B.C., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
cream +  and yellowish +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
beakless +  and beaked +
Bruce W. Robart +
Bentham in W. J. Hooker +
curving +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
1-pinnatifid;triangular;lanceolate +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
pinnatifid +, trullate +  and obtrullate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
tubular +, campanulate +  and symmetric +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
fleshy +  and woody +
whorled +  and alternate +
white +, yellow +, red +, purple +  and pink +
cylindric +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
1400–3000 m. +
hairy +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
purple spots +, cream +  and yellowish +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
Alpine meadows, glades, open subalpine coniferous forest. +
axillary +  and terminal +
spiral +, whorled +, alternate +  and opposite +
deciduous +
basal +  and cauline +
triangular +
entire +  and serrate +
nonoverlapping +
crenate +  and serrate +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
12-40-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 contorta var. contorta +
Pedicularis contorta +
variety +
cream;yellowish +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +