Pedicularis ornithorhyncha Benth.
 
FamilyScrophulariaceae — APG family: Orobanchaceae
SynonymsPedicularis pedicellata Bunge
DescriptionStem with short caudex from fibrous root; basal leaves sub-bipinnatifid; pinnae narrow, deeply cleft and toothed; cauline leaves few and small or wanting; in- florescence capitate; bracts cleft or dissected; calyx lobes short; corolla purple, the galea elongated into straight beak, 2-4 mm long.
EcologyMeadows, alpine slopes.
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.