Pedicularis lanata

Pedicularis lanata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Genus:	Pedicularis
Species:	P. lanata
Binomial name
Pedicularis lanata Cham. and Schlect.
Synonyms[1]
Pedicularis kanei Dur.

Pedicularis lanata is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae. It is native to Canada and Alaska.[2] Its common names include woolly lousewort and bumble-bee flower.[1]

Description

The plant has a wooly stem 5–25 centimetres (2.0–9.8 in) tall which grows from a bright yellow taproot. The narrow leaves are lobed or compound, the lower on long petioles. The woolly, many-flowered inflorescence is dense when new, elongating with maturity. The corolla is up to 2 centimeters long and is usually dark pink, but sometimes white. It is surrounded by toothed sepals. The fruit is a flat, beaked capsule 8–13 millimetres (0.31–0.51 in) long. The seeds have a honeycomb-patterned surface.[3] P. lanata is dependend on insect in order to set seeds.[4][5]

P. lanata has a breeding system with high capacity for outcrossing in West Greenland (Disko) and also show great morphological variation, compared to P. flammea, P. hirsuta and P. lapponica. [6]

Distribution

P. lanata is native to Canada and Alaska, and is also found in Russia and Svalbard.[7]

References

1. Pedicularis lanata. Alaska Wildflowers.net. Accessed November 2, 2013.
2. "Pedicularis lanata". USDA. Plants Profile. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
3. Pedicularis lanata. Central Yukon Species Inventory Project (CYSIP). Dempster Country. Accessed November 2, 2013.
4. Philipp, M.; Woodell, S. R. J.; Böcher, J.; Mattsson, O. (1996). "Reproductive Biology of Four Species of Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae) in West Greenland". Arctic and Alpine Research. 28 (4): 403–413. doi:10.2307/1551851. ISSN 0004-0851. JSTOR 1551851.
5. "Errata: Reproductive Biology of Four Species of Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae) in West Greenland". Arctic and Alpine Research. 29 (1): 141. February 1997. doi:10.2307/1551847. ISSN 0004-0851. JSTOR 1551847.
6. Philipp, Marianne (November 1998). "Genetic Variation in Four Species of Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae) within a Limited Area in West Greenland". Arctic and Alpine Research. 30 (4): 396–399. doi:10.2307/1552012. ISSN 0004-0851. JSTOR 1552012.
7. "Pedicularis lanata Willd. ex Cham. & Schltdl". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-01-22.