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]
| Pedicularis lanata | |
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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. | |
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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]